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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">How to collect the saliva samples to send them to the laboratory? Step by step instructions</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What elements do we need to build our Homemade DNA Kit?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will first need to purchase a pack of swabs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will also need to purchase or obtain: two small paper envelopes, one for each participant in the procedure.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will need to purchase a large envelope to hold both the small envelopes that will contain the DNA samples, and the processing request form that you will send to the lab.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Then you must prepare an envelope for each participant, and write on the front of each envelope the data mentioned below:</span></div>
<div><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Full name </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Email address </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-&nbsp;Relationship (if you are the alleged father and the alleged child)</span></strong></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If the swabs have two cotton tips, you will need to cut one of the tips with scissors, so that you can hold it without contaminating the DNA samples that will be obtained from the test.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your swab should look like this:</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Instructions for collecting DNA samples from saliva with the swabs: how to use the Swabs</strong></span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STEP 1</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be sure to rub well between the inner cheek and the gums for 30 seconds, using a twisting and rotating motion with your fingers.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STEP 2 </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After taking the first sample, find a glass or container to place the swab from which you took the saliva sample, and place it upside down so that the cotton dries (As shown in the picture)</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Do not touch the cotton as it may contaminate the test</strong>. Hold onto the stick that has cut off its end.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STEP 3</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After the first sample has been taken, prepare the second swab in the same way as the first time.</span></div>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">STEP 4</span></strong></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Insert the swab back into the mouth, but this time on the other inner cheek. Rub the cotton swab for 30 seconds, moving it up and down. Remember to twist and rotate the swab with your fingers to obtain more DNA cells for effective results.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STEP 5</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After you have collected the saliva sample with the swab, place the second swab next to the first, with the cotton facing up. Both should be facing up, so they dry. Leave them for at least an hour.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>LAST STEP</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Once both DNA tests are completed, keep both paper envelopes inside the large paper envelope, and next to the form with which you filled out your data.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That done, <strong>go send it to our lab</strong>.</span></div>
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