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PARENTAGE/RELATIONSHIP TEST-FILTER PAPER - PARF
PARF
Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Analyte/Procedure
Challenges/Shipment
Number of Shipments
DNA testing (PCR)
4
Three shipments per year
Calculation challenge (paper challenge)
1
Program Information
Four samples per mailing:
Two shipments of mother and child specimens on blood-stained filter paper with buccal swabs for two potential fathers;
one shipment with all four specimens on blood-stained filter paper
Reporting for short tandem repeats (STRs), X-STRs, Y-STRs, as well as the conclusions provided
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