QUALITY CONTROL CRITERIA & SECURITY OF DATA
- The STR, better known as microsatellite analysis, is an internationally applied procedure using standard techniques in molecular biology.
- Our laboratory is equipped with the most up to date apparatus of the highest quality and reliability. High energy ultraviolet radiation is used in decontamination of surfaces, aerosol-resistant pipette tips are used to prevent cross-contamination.
- Pre and post amplification reactions are undertaken in separate rooms and at different times.
- Our team consists of academically highly trained molecular geneticists and engineers of biotechnology.
- We perform analysis up to and exceeding the standards set out in the guidelines prescribed by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany.
- We use comparative controls, double analysis and special computer programs to ensure consistency of results.
We perform reports on the basis of the offical guidelines for the delivery of expert opinions of kinship analysis, edited by the General Medical Council and the Robert-Koch-Institute in Berlin, German Medical Journal (Deutsches Ärzteblatt) 99,665-667, 2002. We are certified by the Europe-wide GEDNAP (German DNA Profiling Group) examinations of the Forensic Commission in Münster, Germany and we are also examined by kinship analysis experts from Bonn, Germany, every year.
- Each step of the testing process is documented and held in SOPs (Standard Operating Protocols).
- Our Primary Doctor Gustav Scholda is a legal and judicially certified and listed expert.
- All information for legal purposes is archived for later documentation and reconstruction.
- Special adviser to the company is Alexander Haslberger PhD, lecturer at the University of Microbiology and Genetics in Vienna, and consultant for the Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation.
- We guarantee 100% protection of your personal data to the same high degree as any medical Doctor. You can trust us not to divulge any information to a third party.