Linee Guida per la repertazione di tracce biologiche per le analisi di genetica forense nel percorso assistenziale delle vittime di violenza sessuale e/o maltrattamento

[Machine translation] Purpose: the purpose of the guidelines is to plan the intervention of health professionals involved in finding biological traces in cases of sexual violence and/or mistreatment, declared or suspected., The objectives are:, - facilitate and standardize the carrying out of the necessary procedures and surveys;, - ensure full compliance with legal obligations regarding mistreatment and/or sexual violence;, - comply with the obligations of evidence collection and the chain of custody, in order to ensure the evidentiary value of the sources of evidence, especially if unrepeatable findings;, - also provide a valid tool for formulating a diagnosis or a suspected diagnosis of sexual violence and/or mistreatment, in particular in minors., Field of application: these guidelines are applied to the care of minors and/or adults who are victims of sexual violence and/or mistreatment., These guidelines must be considered to complete the protocols for the care path for victims of sexual abuse and/or mistreatment in use at hospital/university facilities and at reception centers., The general recommendations contained represent the “minimum requirements” that may be implemented in individual healthcare realities.