ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 21043-2 First edition 2018-08 Forensic sciences - Part 2: Recognition, recording, collecting, transport and storage of items Criminalistique- Partie 2: Reconnaissance, enregistrement, collecte, transport et stockage des traces et autres élements d'intéret Reference number ISO 21043-2:2018(E) so @IS02018 IS0 21043-2:2018(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2018 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122 749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: copyright@iso.org Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved IS0 21043-2:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Abbreviations. ..1 5 General requirements ..1 5.1 Quality .1 5.2 Requests for service .2 5.3 Impartiality and confidentiality .2 5.4 Health and safety .2 5.5 Personnel. .2 5.6 Equipment and consumables .3 5.7 Detection, screening and enhancement techniques 3 5.8 Facilities. .3 6 Initial response at scenes .4 6.1 First response 4 6.2 Forensic response. ..4 7 Forensic examination ..4 7.1 General. .4 7.2 Assessing a scene ..5 7.3 Examination strategy ..5 7.4 Review and final closure of a scene .5 8 Recording ..5 9 Item handling and control ..6 9.1 General .6 9.2 Collecting .6 9.3 Packaging ..6 9.4 Labelling .7 9.5 Item transport and storage. .7 10 Reporting. ..7 Annex A (informative) Health and safety considerations .9 AnnexB(informative)Contaminationminimization ..10 AnnexC(informative)Firstresponderactions ..11 Annex D (informative) Applicability of IS0 21043-2 to the forensic process ..12 Bibiiography ..13 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved iii