The Effect of Household Oxidizing Cleaners on Chemiluminescence of Blood Using Bluestar.

J Forensic Sci

Department of Forensic Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030.

Published: May 2019

This study tests the effect of three common oxidizing cleaners on the ability of the Bluestar Forensic® presumptive test for blood to identify the presence of blood on ceramic tile after cleaning. The cleaners tested were Lysol®, OxiClean®, and Arm & Hammer®. This study also tested which cleaner was the most effective at removing blood, measured by the intensity of chemiluminescence, which was quantified using RGB values in ImageJ. A "hasty" 1-min cleaning of a blood droplet was simulated using the three cleaners. The chemiluminescence of the Bluestar® reactions after cleaning the blood-treated region was compared to an untreated region of the same tile for each cleaner, as well as to the treated regions of tiles between the three cleaners. Results indicate that none of the three cleaners removed all of the blood (all p < 0.001) and that Lysol® removed more blood compared to the OxiClean® and Arm & Hammer®.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13914DOI Listing

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