Accreditation
The Section for Forensic Genetics - Kinship and Identity is accredited according to the requirements of NS-EN ISO/IEC 17025.
See the accreditation scope on the website for Norwegian Accreditation.
Recommendations
The section follows recommendations provided by the International Society for Forensic Genetics regarding analyses and safety. These recommendations are based on the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.
External Quality Assessment
In addition, the section participates in annual international external quality programmes (blind tests) for paternity/relationship analyses:
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Nordic Quality Testing
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Paternity Testing Workshop (ISFG/ESWG)
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Paternity Testing Programme (AABB/CAP PARF - parentage/relationships testing)
Last updated 2/20/2026