Newsom S W, Rowlands C, Matthews J, Elliot C J
J Clin Pathol. 1983 Feb;36(2):127-32. doi: 10.1136/jcp.36.2.127.
Air counts in seven mortuaries during necropsies revealed that providing care is taken with washing intestines and close dissection, bacterial numbers are often less than those found in an operating theatre, and relate more to the number of people and movement in the room than the work. The acknowledged hazard of work in the mortuary seems to depend more on contact with infected material, and particularly with splashes on surfaces, than to inhalation of infectious material. Mortuaries should be ventilated, if only to contain the smell, but the recommendations of the Howie code of practice seem more than adequate. Provision of exhaust hoods for close dissection should be considered. Mortuary surfaces should be crack-free and easy to clean, and the room free of needless equipment.
对七家太平间尸检过程中的空气计数显示，如果在清洗肠道和精细解剖时小心操作，细菌数量通常比手术室中的少，且更多地与房间内的人数和人员活动有关，而非与工作本身有关。太平间工作中公认的风险似乎更多地取决于与感染物质的接触，尤其是表面的飞沫，而非吸入感染性物质。太平间应该通风，哪怕只是为了控制气味，但豪伊操作规范的建议似乎已经足够。应考虑为精细解剖提供排气罩。太平间的表面应无裂缝且易于清洁，房间内不应有不必要的设备。
