Coronavirus Disease 2019 Autopsies and Personal Protective Equipment
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Autopsies and Personal Protective Equipment
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United States: College of American Pathologists
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To the Editor.-In February 2020, the facilities manager of our hospital was tasked with evaluating our morgue airflow for compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standards for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) autopsies.1 The morgue had been built in 2015 to incorporate negative airflow that is exhausted to the outside of the hospital at a rate of 6 room air-exchanges per hour. [...]our initial autopsies lacked brain tissue. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ 2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-postmortem-specimens. html....
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Autopsies and Personal Protective Equipment
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2412219956
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2412219956
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0003-9985,1543-2165
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1543-2165
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10.5858/arpa.2020-0341-LE
