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Durability of cling film plastic wrap usage on dead body towards human decomposition changes

This study explores the practicability and usability of the cling film plastic wrap on the dead body with decomposition changes, whereby the feasibility of wrapping the remains to ensure the containment of the decomposition fluid within the cling film plastic wrap. Unknown and unclaimed dead bodies...

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Autores principales: Khoo, Lay See, Mahmood, Mohd Shah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32412001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.01.003
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description This study explores the practicability and usability of the cling film plastic wrap on the dead body with decomposition changes, whereby the feasibility of wrapping the remains to ensure the containment of the decomposition fluid within the cling film plastic wrap. Unknown and unclaimed dead bodies were used. Wrapping and preservation of human remains using the cling film plastic wrap could be the best operational practices for first responders rather than leaving bodies exposed on the disaster site, when the supplies of the cadaver body bags are inadequate. Thinking out of the box, the conventional way of using cadaver body bags to the cling film plastic wrap forms a new perspective in managing the dead and facilitating the human identification needs. New inventive idea of adopting the cling film plastic wrap as means of protecting the dignity of the dead person, could be the way forward in humanitarian forensic action.
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spelling pubmed-72191472020-05-14 Durability of cling film plastic wrap usage on dead body towards human decomposition changes Khoo, Lay See Mahmood, Mohd Shah Forensic Sci Int Synerg Interdisciplinary Forensics This study explores the practicability and usability of the cling film plastic wrap on the dead body with decomposition changes, whereby the feasibility of wrapping the remains to ensure the containment of the decomposition fluid within the cling film plastic wrap. Unknown and unclaimed dead bodies were used. Wrapping and preservation of human remains using the cling film plastic wrap could be the best operational practices for first responders rather than leaving bodies exposed on the disaster site, when the supplies of the cadaver body bags are inadequate. Thinking out of the box, the conventional way of using cadaver body bags to the cling film plastic wrap forms a new perspective in managing the dead and facilitating the human identification needs. New inventive idea of adopting the cling film plastic wrap as means of protecting the dignity of the dead person, could be the way forward in humanitarian forensic action. Elsevier 2020-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7219147/ /pubmed/32412001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.01.003 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Durability of cling film plastic wrap usage on dead body towards human decomposition changes
title_sort durability of cling film plastic wrap usage on dead body towards human decomposition changes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219147/
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