Department of Forensic Medicine, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2021 Jan;77:102101. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102101. Epub 2020 Dec 13.
The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 has surged globally bringing the whole world virtually to a standstill. Due to its highly contagious nature, various guidelines, protocols and preventive strategies have been devised for the safety of healthcare workers during management of the living as well as the dead. However, guidelines and precautions to be followed during the examination of the human skeletal remains are largely lacking. The present communication intends to address the issue of safe handling of human remains during medicolegal investigations in the COVID-19 pandemic times.
新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)在全球范围内迅速蔓延,使全世界几乎陷入停顿。由于其高度传染性,在管理活人和死者时,已经制定了各种指南、方案和预防策略,以确保医护人员的安全。然而,在检查人类骨骼遗骸时,遵循的指南和预防措施在很大程度上仍然缺乏。本通讯旨在解决 COVID-19 大流行期间法医学调查中安全处理人类遗骸的问题。