Kit Definitions
Item Number | Kit Name | Description/Contents | Cost |
Kit #1 | Tissue Kit | – 20 Tubes Containing Lysis Buffer – 20 Scalpels – 20 Single Use Forceps This kit is used to sample tissue from carcasses, animal parts or cooked meat either from a kill site or a suspect’s home | $100 |
Kit #2 | Blood Kit | – 20 Cotton Swabs in Tubes – 15ml PBS Buffer – Dropping Bottle Used to obtain wet and dry blood from animals. For wet blood, the swabs can be directly used to pick up the sample. To remove dry blood spots from surfaces such as rocks, metal or plastic, the swabs are first moistened with PBS buffer. ***The swabs must dry fully before being replaced into the tube. This kit SHOULD NOT be used for clumps of hair found at a kill site with blood splatter on it (see Desiccant Kit). | $40 |
Kit #3 | Desiccant Kit | – 20 Desiccant Tubes These tubes can be used for organic or inorganic material such as: blood spots on leaves, small twigs or clumps of hair, or fecal matter. The filter paper is only meant to keep your sample separated from the silica beads. DO NOT use it for collecting whole blood. The beads remove excess moisture, which will cause DNA degradation | $40 |
Kit #4 | Hair Kit | – 20 Hair Envelopes – 20 Desiccant Pouches The envelopes contain an insert in which hairs with roots or individual feathers can be stored | $40 |
Kit #5 | Combo Kit #1 | – 10 Desiccant Pouches – 20 Cotton Swabs in Tubes – 15ml PBS Buffer – Dropping Bottle This kit allows you to process a total of 20 wet/dry blood and 10 desiccant samples | $60 |
Kit #6 | Combo Kit #2 | – 10 Hair Envelopes – 10 Cotton Swabs in Tubes – 15ml PBS Buffer – Dropping Bottle – 10 Desiccant Pouches This Kit is set up to process 10 hair and 10 wet/dry blood samples | $40 |
Kit #7 | Ultimate Kit | – Box of Gloves – Box of Kimwipes – Dropping Bottle – Ziplock Bags – 2 Permanent Markers – Tool Box – 20 Tissue Sampling Tubes – 20 Scalpels – 20 Single Use Forceps – 20 Cotton Swabs in Tubes – 5 Desiccant Tubes – 10 Hair Envelopes – 10 Desiccant Pouches – 15ml PBS Buffer This kit includes supplies that will enable you to sample any type of evidence you encounter. In addition the kit includes several other materials which you will need to take a successful sample. A total of 55 samples can be processed. Gloves are nitrile, and come in S, M and L. ***Please specify the size of gloves you require. | $250 |
Refill -01 | Hair Envelopes | Pack of 10 | $20 |
Refill -02 | Desiccant Tubes | Pack of 10 | $20 |
Refill -03 | Cotton Swabs in Tubes | Pack of 10 | $20 |
Refill -04 | Scalpels | Pack of 20 | $40 |
Refill -05 | Desiccant Pouches | Pack of 20 | $10 |
Refill -06 | 1x Lysis Buffer | 20 Tubes | $20 |
Refill -07 | Forceps | Pack of 20 | $40 |
Refill -08 | 15ml PBS Buffer | 5 Dropping Bottles | $10 |