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Margaret M Stark1, Maria Nittis2
1Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit, Level 5 SPC, 151-241 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia.
Abstract:
Dedicated facilities of a high standard should be available for the examination of complainants and suspects where forensic samples are to be taken to ensure that the risk of contamination is kept to a minimum. The need for a decontamination kit came about because of the variable quality of examination facilities for complainants of sexual assault and suspects (persons of interest) within NSW. Overall the kit has been found to be useful and easy to use but there is still a need to increase awareness of its availability.
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