BUNDLE: Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories, 15th Edition - Print and Guidance

This bundle provides access to the 15th edition of Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories and Guidance for Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories.

The 15th edition of Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories features new and revised requirements in areas such as employee qualification, facility monitoring of potentially fabricated documents, and the identification of non-chain of custody cases.

Significant changes in the 15th edition include:

• Laboratory director responsibility for any decision to stop or suspend operations.
• A process to review promotional materials of contracted third-party administrators.
• Clarification that executive management is involved in all aspects of change control.
• Clarification of, and State Department language for, identification records related to immigration, visa, passport, and citizenship.

Guidance for Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories includes verbatim requirements from the RT Standards interspersed with guidance. Language from the RT Standards is presented; when there is appropriate guidance for that standard, the guidance language follows the standard with the heading “Guidance.” This format allows the reader to see both the requirement and the associated guidance side by side.

Please note that there is no guidance for some standards. The Relationship Testing Standards Committee has chosen to focus Guidance for Standards for Relationship Testing Laboratories on those issues that may require additional context and/or examples to assist in attaining compliance with the Standards.

(2021, AABB, softcover, 78 pages, ISBN: 978-1-56395-436-8, and 2021, AABB, softcover, 156 pages)

Effective date: Effective date: January 1, 2022

Nonmember price: $310

Member price: $250

Item Details (Standards):

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View Preface (pdf)

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Item Details (Guidance):

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