RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health and safety at necropsy
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 254
OP 260
DO 10.1136/jcp.56.4.254
VO 56
IS 4
A1 Burton, J L
YR 2003
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/56/4/254.abstract
AB The postmortem room is a source of potential hazards and risks, not only to the pathologist and anatomical pathology technician, but also to visitors to the mortuary and those handling the body after necropsy. Postmortem staff have a legal responsibility to make themselves aware of, and to minimise, these dangers. This review focuses specifically on those hazards and risks associated with the necropsy of infected patients, with foreign objects present in the body, and with bodies that have been contaminated by chemicals or radioactive sources.