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Comparative Study
. 2010 Jun;6(2):127-9.
doi: 10.1007/s12024-010-9155-z. Epub 2010 Mar 19.

The use of commercial alcohol products to sterilize bones prior to DNA sampling

Carl Winskog  1 , Helena Nilsson, Kerstin Montelius, Bertil Lindblom
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Comparative Study

The use of commercial alcohol products to sterilize bones prior to DNA sampling

Carl Winskog et al. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

In disaster situations it is not always possible to maintain an adequate supply of standard equipment and sterilizing solutions. We have compared bone samples from cadavers cleaned in commercial white alcohol to samples from the same individuals cleaned with 95% surgical spirit. We have found that it is possible to use a commercial, white spirit to clean specimens taken from human cadavers femoral diaphysis collected for DNA analysis.

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