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From: "Daniel Jenkins" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Problems with US Mail and test swabs?
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 13:31:55 +0000
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.0.0.20050408073904.02b39b38@mail.interaccess.com>


Steven,

I used a 9" x 11" Manilla envelope , with no special handling instructions.
To be safe, maybe you should use a cardboard envelope inside a bubble pack
and label handle with care.

Dan Jenkins

>From: "Steven C. Perkins" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: [DNA] Problems with US Mail and test swabs?
>Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 07:41:08 -0500
>
>Dan:
>
>How did you package the samples? Regular envelope, ask for hand handling,
>in a small manilla envelope, etc?
>
>Thanks for your reply,
>
>Steven C. Perkins
>
>/At 04:53 AM 4/8/2005, you wrote:
>>Stephen,
>>
>>My samples got there fine. I spoke with Mr. Krahn the other day on the
>>phone and he said that my results were excellent. I took no special
>>precautions. One sample was gum, another was a cheek swab with a common
>>cotton swab, and I did add a small blood sample on one swab combined with
>>a cheek scraping. I don't know which he tested or if he did all. Maybe
>>you can write him.
>>Dan Jenkins
>>
>>
>>>From: "Steven C. Perkins" <>
>>>Reply-To:
>>>To:
>>>Subject: [DNA] Problems with US Mail and test swabs?
>>>Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:15:49 -0500
>>>
>>>I mailed back test swabs to BIOTIX on 31 March. Tonight I got back the
>>>letter I had enclosed with them and a message from the USPost Office
>>>saying that the automated mail machine had destroyed my samples. What
>>>kind of mailer has been successful in getting the test swabs back to
>>>BIOTIX through the US Mail?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Steven C. Perkins
>>>
>>>
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