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Autopsy Request

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Nursing Procedure - Complete and detailed Nursing Procedures for Post Mortem Care can be found on the Banner Intranet. Title: Post Mortem Care Number, policy #852


Test Code
Autopsy Request (PowerPlan)


Preferred Specimen
An identification band must be on the body.  A properly completed Record of Death must accompany body.  Body should be placed in a body bag prior to delivery to the Morgue.


Instructions
 


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Any case over which the Medical Examiner has jurisdiction. A body that does not have an appropriate identification band cannot be released to the mortuary. · Patient's valuables should not be sent to the Morgue with the body.




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