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

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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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  1. Discipline of Pathology, Level 3 Medical School North Building, The University of Adelaide, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Carl Winskog

  2. Department of Forensic Genetics and Toxicology, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Linköping, Sweden

    Helena Nilsson, Kerstin Montelius & Bertil Lindblom

  3. Forensic Science SA, 21 Divett Place, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia

    Carl Winskog

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Winskog, C., Nilsson, H., Montelius, K. et al. The use of commercial alcohol products to sterilize bones prior to DNA sampling. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 6, 127–129 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9155-z

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