Forensic Biology

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Standard (Static) Proficiency Test Design: $135

Declared Double Blind Proficiency Test Design: $180

Description: Each proficiency test design will include randomly selected neat and/or mixture samples.  All tests will contain multiple known contributor samples and multiple samples of unknown stains collected on various substrates.  Serological screening of the unknown stains is required, and the results of the serological and DNA analysis will be collected for these tests.  The Forensic Biology Proficiency Tests will be distributed four times a year (once per quarter).  The distribution of these tests have been structured and scheduled to accommodate laboratories meeting the test frequency requirements of the DNA Advisory Board (DAB) FBI Quality Assurance Standards (QAS).  Click here for more information. 

The known contributor samples will be provided on untreated bloodstain cards unless otherwise requested.

Winter 2024 Forensic Biology Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: October 30, 2023
Distribution: week of January 22, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: April 22, 2024

Spring 2024 Forensic Biology Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: October 30, 2023
Distribution: week of March 25, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: June 24, 2024

Summer 2024 Forensic Biology Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: March 1, 2024
Distribution: week of July 1, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024

Fall 2024 Forensic Biology Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: March 1, 2024
Distribution: week of September 16, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024

Standard (Static) Proficiency Test Design: Each forensic practitioner will receive the same test samples as others in their laboratory, with the correct answers being the same. The test will be comprised of some of the same proficiency testing items used in the declared double blind test design, and the samples that are used will be different for every testing cycle. The static proficiency tests will have the same purchase deadlines, distribution dates and answer submission deadlines as the declared double blind test designs.

Declared Double Blind Test Design: Each forensic practitioner will receive a test composed of randomly selected unknown and/or known proficiency testing items, with the correct answers being specific to each test.  Participants will be unable to gain information regarding the answers to their test through discussions with others participating in the same testing cycle, or with those administering the test.  These blind elements are incorporated into the design of our tests to reduce the effects of bias on testing results. Forensic Assurance proficiency tests are declared (the participant knows that they are taking a test).

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