A regional approach for infection prevention in death investigations during the COVID-19 era

• Postmortem procedures in the COVID-19 era require infection prevention. • Postmortem PCR can be used to determine infection risk. • Forensic medical examiners and clinicians proactively test cadavers for COVID-19. • A fluent updating of examining system would be required.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nakamura, Mami, Tojo, Misa, Takaso, Marin, Hitosugi, Masahito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33360406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101829
Descripción
Sumario:• Postmortem procedures in the COVID-19 era require infection prevention. • Postmortem PCR can be used to determine infection risk. • Forensic medical examiners and clinicians proactively test cadavers for COVID-19. • A fluent updating of examining system would be required.

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