Trauma personnel inform University Hospital Pathology and Medical Examiner’s Office regarding potential case. Deceased taken to Medical Examiner along with consent for University Hospital autopsy and Release of Remains form. If no Medical Examiner autopsy, then Medical Examiner contacts University Hospital Transfer Center. Transfer Center coordinates transport to University Hospital morgue via University Health System ambulance (24/7). Autopsy performed in University Hospital autopsy suite. Body is released to funeral home. Procedure after Autopsy Consent is Obtained When autopsy consent has been obtained, the physician will send the completed consent form to the University Hospital Transfer Center. The autopsy consent with completed consultation form and the chart must be physically present in the University Hospital admitting office before an autopsy consent is considered complete. The pathologist has the final judgment regarding the validity of autopsy consent. Autopsy Schedule The Department of Pathology customarily performs autopsies beginning at approximately 8:00 a.m. each day throughout the week (Saturday, Sunday and holidays included). If the autopsy consent is received after 12:00 p.m., the autopsy will usually be performed the following morning. Special arrangements with the pathologist on-service are needed to perform autopsies at other times. Reports of Autopsy Findings Preliminary findings are communicated by phone to the physician of record by the prosector on the day that the gross autopsy dissection is performed. The Provisional Anatomic Diagnoses report (PAD) is placed in the medical record on the next working day. The PAD is based on the clinical history and gross autopsy findings only, and may be modified in the Final Anatomic Diagnoses report (FAD) by histologic, microbiologic, chemical and/or other special studies. The FAD is placed in the patient record no later than 60 calendar days (2 months) after the autopsy is performed. Release of Body If autopsy consent is not obtained, the attending physician will notify the Transfer Center to release the body. If autopsy consent is obtained, the Autopsy Service will notify the Transfer Center to release the body when the autopsy is completed. The Transfer Center staff will not release the body without the authorization of either the attending physician or the Autopsy Service. Anatomical Law Related to Cadavers
Trauma personnel inform University Hospital Pathology and Medical Examiner’s Office regarding potential case. Deceased taken to Medical Examiner along with consent for University Hospital autopsy and Release of Remains form. If no Medical Examiner autopsy, then Medical Examiner contacts University Hospital Transfer Center. Transfer Center coordinates transport to University Hospital morgue via University Health System ambulance (24/7). Autopsy performed in University Hospital autopsy suite. Body is released to funeral home. Procedure after Autopsy Consent is Obtained When autopsy consent has been obtained, the physician will send the completed consent form to the University Hospital Transfer Center. The autopsy consent with completed consultation form and the chart must be physically present in the University Hospital admitting office before an autopsy consent is considered complete. The pathologist has the final judgment regarding the validity of autopsy consent. Autopsy Schedule The Department of Pathology customarily performs autopsies beginning at approximately 8:00 a.m. each day throughout the week (Saturday, Sunday and holidays included). If the autopsy consent is received after 12:00 p.m., the autopsy will usually be performed the following morning. Special arrangements with the pathologist on-service are needed to perform autopsies at other times. Reports of Autopsy Findings Preliminary findings are communicated by phone to the physician of record by the prosector on the day that the gross autopsy dissection is performed. The Provisional Anatomic Diagnoses report (PAD) is placed in the medical record on the next working day. The PAD is based on the clinical history and gross autopsy findings only, and may be modified in the Final Anatomic Diagnoses report (FAD) by histologic, microbiologic, chemical and/or other special studies. The FAD is placed in the patient record no later than 60 calendar days (2 months) after the autopsy is performed. Release of Body If autopsy consent is not obtained, the attending physician will notify the Transfer Center to release the body. If autopsy consent is obtained, the Autopsy Service will notify the Transfer Center to release the body when the autopsy is completed. The Transfer Center staff will not release the body without the authorization of either the attending physician or the Autopsy Service. Anatomical Law Related to Cadavers
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