Provisional guidelines on autopsy practice for deaths associated with COVID-19.
10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200309-00184
- Collective Name:Society of Pathological Doctors Chinese Medical Doctors Association; Chinese Society of Pathology;Chinese Medical Association
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
methods;
standards;
Betacoronavirus;
China;
Coronavirus Infections;
epidemiology;
Humans;
Infection Control;
methods;
Pandemics;
Pneumonia, Viral;
epidemiology;
Practice Guidelines as Topic
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathology
2020;49(5):406-410
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
COVID-19 has been included in Category B infectious diseases and is prevented and controlled according to Category A infectious diseases. In order to establish a diagnosis or conduct further research, a post-mortem examination may be desired on a possible COVID-19 death. To guide the personnel engaged in the autopsy to carry out the correct operation, and ensure the safety of the pathologists and disease control staffs during the epidemic, the Chinese Pathological Society, the Chinese Pathologist Association and the Pathology and Pathophysiology national key discipline at Shantou University Medical College, formulated this guidance for the autopsy for deaths associated with COVID-19 during the prevention and control period of COVID-19 in China.
