autopsy permit

A legal document required for a nonforensic autopsy, which contains a core of basic information about the decedent, particulars of the person authorising the autopsy, and extent of the authorised autopsy.

autopsy permit

Pathology A legal document required for a nonforensic autopsy, which contains a core of basic information about the decedent, particulars of the person authorizing the autopsy, and extent of the authorized autopsy. See Autopsy.

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Using the definition of 20 weeks' gestation to 1 month of age for perinatal encompasses the understanding of pathologists and the legal world, which in many states requires an autopsy permit for autopsy examinations on fetuses and infants older than 20 weeks gestational age.

17,18) In many cases, autopsy permits refinement of further diagnostic testing, including guidance in selection of costly genetic testing.

Pathologist Effort in the Performance of Fetal, Perinatal, and Pediatric Autopsies: A Survey of Practice

Autopsy permit restrictions limited dissection scope in many medical autopsies.

Unexpected neoplasia in autopsies: potential implications for tissue and organ safety

Increase the visibility of the service Conferences Morbidity and mortality Orientation Death certification Autopsy card The Decedent Affairs Program Administrative packets New module for clinical support system Family informational pamphlet Improve the service's reporting Better communication with clinicians Phone calls to clinicians New autopsy permit More complete provisional reports Rush histology service Cause-of-death statements Better turnaround times to final report Establishing mechanics Packaging case at time of provisional anatomic diagnosis Changing attitudes Increase the amount and quality of data Autopsy rate and request rate data Clarification/discrepancy data Quarterly reports

In addition, since the "consultation request" portion of the autopsy permit was rarely filled out, key clinical questions often remained unknown to us and therefore may not have been addressed in the report.

001), the ease of the autopsy permit process (P [is less than] .

Also improved were the ease of the autopsy permit process, resulting from efforts of the autopsy service and the Decedent Affairs Program.