Laboratory Design, Auditing & Assessing
Forensic Select has actively been involved in planning and designing forensic laboratory areas on numerous occasions, which have included:
- DNA Cell Harvesting Rooms
- Body Fluid Examination Laboratories
- Vehicle Examination Garages
Forensic laboratory areas have requirements (as well as GLP – Good Laboratory Practice), which Forensic Select can advise on:
- Cleaning: Schedules, Records, Processes
- Equipment: Ordering, Operating, Maintenance, Records
- Consumables: Recommendations, Suppliers
- Anti-Contamination: Personal Protective Equipment, Processes, Records
- Environmental Monitoring: Requirements, Processes, Records
- Storage: Requirements, Methods, Records
- Risk Assessing: Requirements, Processes
Forensic Select understands the importance of adhering to Forensic Science Standards and Regulations, which includes:
- ISO 9001: Quality Management Standards
- ISO 17025: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
- ILAC G19: Guidelines for Forensic Science Laboratories
- Forensic Regulator Codes of Practice & Conduct
Forensic Select has undergone many courses involving quality, auditing and assessing for standards ISO 9001 and 17025.
Forensic Select’s quality experiences within a forensic laboratory, includes:
- Quality Control Testing: chemical reagents and processes
- Quality Assurance: examination processes, QA trial cases, inter laboratory comparisons
- Quality Reviews & Investigations: contamination incidents, best practice & compliance
- Internal Audits: conduct audits on processes, examinations, case files, storage etc
- External Audits: participate in team when external audit visitors came to laboratory e.g. UKAS
- Assessing: colleagues, processes, training, other laboratory sites
- Quality Documentation: writing and reviewing standard operating procedures
- Competency Testing: Initial, refreshing, ongoing
Forensic Select welcomes the opportunity to be contacted regarding laboratory and quality issues.
