Table 1.

Stability of ANDE desiccant swabs of oral epithelial samples from drinking containers and (3 µL‐dried blood samples on ceramic tiles as assessed by the number of (a) CODIS and (b) FlexPlex27 loci called following Rapid DNA analysis.

a
Sample Type	Donor	Sample #	Time points
			1 Month	3 Months	6 Months	9 Months	12 Months
			No. of CODIS Loci Called	No. of CODIS Loci Called	No. of CODIS Loci Called	No. of CODIS Loci Called	No. of CODIS Loci Called
Oral epithelial	1	1	20	20	20	20	16
		2	20	20	20	20	20
	2	1	20	20	11	20	20
		2	20	20	20	20	20
	3	1	20	20	20	12	20
		2	20	20	20	20	19
Blood	4	1	20	14	20	20	20
		2	20	20	20	20	20
	5	1	20	20	20	20	20
		2	20	20	20	20	20
	6	1	10	20	20	*	20
		2	20	20	20	20	20
Average CODIS20 Loci			19.17	19.50	19.25	19.27	19.58

b
Sample Type	Donor	Sample #	Time Points
			1 Month	3 Months	6 Months	9 Months	12 Months
			No. of FlexPlex Loci Called	No. of FlexPlex Loci Called	No. of FlexPlex Loci Called	No. of FlexPlex Loci Called	No. of FlexPlex Loci Called
Oral Epithelial	1	1	27	27	27	26	21
		2	26	27	27	27	26
	2	1	27	27	15	27	26
		2	27	27	27	27	27
	3	1	24	23	24	12	24
		2	24	23	24	23	24
Blood	4	1	27	20	27	27	27
		2	27	27	27	27	27
	5	1	27	27	27	27	27
		2	27	27	27	27	27
	6	1	13	27	27	*	27
		2	27	27	27	27	27
Average FlexPlex27 Loci			25.25	25.75	25.50	25.18	25.83

^*No profile generated. The I‐Chip did not fully process the sample; this occurs in approximately 2% of lanes.