ABSTRACT

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) air exchange.

10. Document maintenance; report and treat any accidental exposure as required.

IV. Medicolegal Autopsy Report A. e medicolegal autopsy report is referred to as a “medicolegal

opinion as to the cause and manner of death.” B. e medicolegal opinion is based on the result of the following:

C. Autopsy report includes the following:

1. Name of the patient/victim 2. Date of birth 3. Date of death 4. Time of autopsy 5. Date of autopsy 6. Medical record and autopsy numbers 7. Name of examining forensic pathologist/pathologist 8. Names of others assisting with the autopsy 9. Names of any additional individuals present during the autopsy

(e.g., law enforcement personnel, nursing or medical students) 10. Name of persons who identied the body 11. Any available medical history 12. Complete description of body and external examination 13. Description of all visible injuries 14. Description of any injury or illness to central nervous system 15. Description of internal examination of all organs, skeleton 16. Log of tissues removed for microscopic, toxicological, or additional

medical examination (e.g., placing the brain in formaldehyde for more accurate examination at a predetermined future date)

17. Description of microscopic abnormalities 18. Toxicology results or note of pending results 19. Laboratory results or note of pending results 20. Pathologist determination of cause and manner of death