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An apparatus for collecting and preserving fluid biological evidence comprising a specimen vial and lid, the lid having an adhesive coated disk inserted therein with the lid initially being inverted on the rim of the specimen vial and encased in a tamper evident plastic wrapper. The specimen vial an

An apparatus for collecting and preserving fluid biological evidence comprising a specimen vial and lid, the lid having an adhesive coated disk inserted therein with the lid initially being inverted on the rim of the specimen vial and encased in a tamper evident plastic wrapper. The specimen vial and lid, encased in the tamper evident wrapper, are sealed along with a pair of adhesive backed sealing tapes, an instruction manual, and a compressible foam cushioning pad, within an outer container with a second tamper evident plastic wrapper.

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An apparatus for collecting and preserving a sample of a biological fluid for evidentiary purposes, said apparatus comprising: a vial, said vial defining a first aperture and a first receptacle region for containing a sample; a first lid, said first lid being engagingly mountable on said vial adjace

An apparatus for collecting and preserving a sample of a biological fluid for evidentiary purposes, said apparatus comprising: a vial, said vial defining a first aperture and a first receptacle region for containing a sample; a first lid, said first lid being engagingly mountable on said vial adjacent said first aperture to form a removable closure over said first aperture; sealing means for producing a removable fluid tight seal between said vial and said first lid when said first lid is engagingly mounted on said vial; a tamper evident wrapper means, said wrapper means initially encasing said vial, said first lid, and said sealing means with said first lid being inverted upon said vial such that said sealing means does not form said fluid tight seal between said vial and said first lid, an outer container for initially receiving said vial and said first lid, said outer container defining a second aperture through which said vial and said lid and said sealing means encased in said tamper evident wrapper means may be inserted, and a second receptacle region which may receive and contain said vial, said lid, said sealing means, and said tamper evident wrapper means; and a second lid, said second lid being engagingly mountable on said outer container adjacent said second aperture to form a removable closure over said second aperture, whereby a person collecting the sample may remove the vial, the first lid, and the sealing means from the tamper evident wrapper means, place the sample within the first receptacle of the vial, engagingly mount the first lid on the vial such that the sealing means forms the fluid tight seal therebetween, and then return the vial and lid to the second receptacle region within the outer container.