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Document 0692
DOCN M9640692
TI Where have all the autopsies gone? A proposal for a centralized autopsy
service.
DT 9604
AU Mitchell EK; Prior JT; State University of New York, Health Science
Center at Syracuse; 13210, USA.
SO J Community Health. 1995 Oct;20(5):441-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96122361
AB A litany of reasons have been advanced to account for the decrease in
hospital autopsy rates. Increased attention has recently been centered
on the difficulty hospital and medical examiner morgues are encountering
in controlling infectious disease and attempting to comply with federal
and state environmental regulatory agencies. The problem has been
highlighted by autopsy examinations upon increased numbers of
immuno-compromised patients harboring both the HIV and secondary drug
resistant tuberculosis organisms. These developments occur at a time
when there are budgetary restraints on hospitals and medical examiners'
offices facing large expenditures involving morgue reconstruction to
comply with ventilatory and infection control procedures mandated by
state and federal agencies. Challenging, also, are the liability
aspects, as patients and staff are potentially exposed to a variety of
infectious agents. A possible solution is presented involving central
off-hospital site facilities to which hospital autopsies can be
funneled. A community morgue meeting the strict standards of infection
control would allow economy of scale from daily use with a full time
support staff trained in the protocol of infectious disease control.
DE *Autopsy/ECONOMICS/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD/STANDARDS Communicable
Disease Control Facility Design and Construction Health Services Needs
and Demand Human Liability, Legal New York Occupational Exposure
Pathology Department, Hospital Prisons/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD
Tuberculosis/TRANSMISSION United States JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).