Adherence to chain of custody procedure ensures that forensic laboratory evidence can be admitted in Court with the knowledge that the item was collected from a specified individual or location by a specified person and that the results obtained on testing the specimen can be traced back to the specified individual or location. The Chain of custody procedures are found on written documents usually found at reception and sometimes on the computer each employee working in the Lab should know the Chain of Custody procedures to enable efficient lab working and to prevent a violation of the law which could lead to prosecution. As a result of this the procedures need to be revised and known off by heart by employees and this means they are looked at regularly. LIMS system enables the chain of custody evidence to be looked at if the court requires or asks for it during a hearing it is quick and easy to look
Adherence to chain of custody procedure ensures that forensic laboratory evidence can be admitted in Court with the knowledge that the item was collected from a specified individual or location by a specified person and that the results obtained on testing the specimen can be traced back to the specified individual or location. The Chain of custody procedures are found on written documents usually found at reception and sometimes on the computer each employee working in the Lab should know the Chain of Custody procedures to enable efficient lab working and to prevent a violation of the law which could lead to prosecution. As a result of this the procedures need to be revised and known off by heart by employees and this means they are looked at regularly. LIMS system enables the chain of custody evidence to be looked at if the court requires or asks for it during a hearing it is quick and easy to look