Description: The role of chain of custody in maintaining evidentiary integrity.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the role of chain of custody in maintaining evidentiary integrity.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Explain the importance of chain of custody in legal proceedings.

2. Explain the importance of chain of custody in supporting regulatory enforcement actions.

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Description: The ability to verify the history, location, or possession of a laboratory sample by means of documentation or record.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the role of chain of custody in retracing the custody of the sample.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe how traceability is essential to support regulatory action.

2. Describe how documentation is used as evidence in chain of custody.

3. Describe steps for sample disposal.

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Description: The methods used to ensure physical and analyte integrity.

Terminal Competency:

Describe how integrity is maintained.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss appropriate storage attributes to maintain sample integrity.

2. Discuss ways to assess sample integrity.

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Description: The practices used to limit access to samples.

Terminal Competency:

Describe how access to samples is limited.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss maintaining sample security.

2. Give examples of measures to limit access to samples.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.