Forensic

Any high risk infectious body received from the ward should be placed in sealed body bag and labeled as biohazard before being transported to the mortuary. All health personnel involved in the transportation of the body from the ward to the mortuary should wear appropriate personal protective clothing in accordance with the guidelines to prevent transmission of infection. 

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The first step in human identification of a mass disaster situation is to distinguish between human remains / human bones from non-human bones.

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Postmortem interval is the period of time since death occurs till the discovery of dead bodies. It is most of the time an estimation rather than a determination.

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Print is skin on the soles of the feet, palms of the hands, and fingers of humans and some primates can form ridges and valleys. Friction ridge skin forms classifiable patterns.

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Personal protective equipment is used in many places at risk like construction, manufacturing plants, and hospitals. The Department of Forensic Medicine is one of the area that require the compliance for personal protective equipment to protect employees from infection while performing autopsy.

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There are two important questions that can be answered by using diatom analysis for drowning cases.Has this person died from drowning or was this person dead prior to ‘entering’ the water? Has this person drowned in the water source where the body was found?

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Besides animal bones, artefacts is another common factor in causing confusion to the anthropologists in the identification of human bones. For example chinawares, synthetic polymers, glasses andwood like twigs or tree barnches can be deceiving and look almost similar to bones. Nevertheless, these artefacts can easily be singled out from actual bones by naked eye appearance as the surface textures and morphology are different from bone tissues.

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For all cases of death, the next-of-kin will be led into the mortuary to identify the body in order to make sure no error occur during the release If the next-of-kin has confirmed that the body is one of the member of the family, the release can be proceeded.

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Equipment in the BSL autopsy room should not be shared with other equipment used in the course of normal autopsy.

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Forensic evidence is item collected or information gathered through scientific for the use in legal proceedings. During investigation, forensic evidence gathered at the crime scene or during autopsy will be analysed in the laboratory and the result will be presented at the court. Every scene of crime is unique and each case has its own challenges. Death cases or complex crimes require collection, examination and analysis of a large number of evidence.

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