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Rev Mex Med Forense 2023; 8 (1)

Guidelines of temporary storage for biological evidence in the forensic laboratory

Martinez-Quiroz J

Language: Spanish
References: 44
Page: 124-144
PDF size: 342.25 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The storage of scientific evidence from a forensic investigation requires rules that prevent as much as possible the alteration in nature and integrity, so that, where appropriate, they can be presented at the courtroom, and subsequently, issues a sentence regarding a fact considered as crime. With regard to biological items, storage under conditions that prevent the deterioration or disappearance of both the collected material and its content is of paramount importance. In this regard, nowadays there is no guide or series of guidelines in Mexico that guarantee the stability and proper protection of blood, urine or other biological fluids and tissues, as well as seized drugs of abuse. The present work gathers information related to the environmental requirements to store biological evidence, to the classification that these must keep and to the modifications that each one of this evidence undergoes, together with the changes that the chemical substances contained in the same.


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