Publications
AAPT
AAPT brochure and application
form
AAPT (UK) Careers Advice Leaflet
Performing post-mortem
examinations on friends or relatives
AAPT best practice guidance
AAPT Influenza guidelines
Guidance for pathologists and anatomical pathology technologists
for autopsy of cadavers with known or suspected pandemic (avian)
influenza.
Department of Health
Guidelines for mortuary staff
Help is at hand: a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden deathWhen a patient dies: advice on developing bereavement services
in the NHS
Med-iDiOM - Causes of Death Explained
Med-iDiOM funded by the Department of Health have produced downloadable
information for bereaved relatives. http://www.medidiom.net
Information to health professionalson Radioactive Material ‘Polonium-210’
This communication to health professionals from the Chief Medical Officer contains information that has been developed by the Health Protection Agency, together with health care professionals of the Department of Health, and provides advice on the radioactive material Polonium-210. Click for more
Home office
Home Office Advice to Medical Practitioners Completing
Cremation
Forms B or C
The Home Office have published new guidelines ( 23rd Dec 2003 )
for the completion of cremation forms.
http://www.dca.gov.uk/corbur/cremation_forms_guidance.pdf
When sudden death occurs
The Home Office leaflet When sudden death occurs alerts
next of kin to their immediate rights with respect to post mortems
and indicates what may follow a coroner’s involvement. The
leaflet was compiled with the help of bereaved people.
This leaflet is available free of charge in Welsh; Bengali; Chinese;
Gujarati; Hindi; Punjabi; Urdu.
Modernising the Coroner Service
A wide ranging review of coroners and the way they work has been
published
by Home Office Minister Paul Goggins. (Link is to Home Office press
release)
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/Reforming_The_Coroner_System?version=1
Professional publications, links and other resources
PPE
Guidance from HSE
A revised version of guidance designed to help employers who supply
and use personal protective equipment (PPE) at work meet their duties
under the law has been published by the (HSE).
Victims Voice
Victims Voice have produced a very useful booklet, ‘Sudden
Death and The Coroner – Coroners Post Mortem and Inquests’.
For copies of the booklet, or for more information about Victims
Voice contact: victimsvoice@hotmail.com
Click for further information
on Victims Voice and publications
What to do after a death in England and Wales
Dept of Works and Pensions Booklet D49
This booklet explains how to deal with the personal affairs of
someone who has died. It includes advice about making funeral arrangements;
legal formalities; benefits procedures; how to obtain financial
help.
Copies can be obtained from local offices of the Department of
Works and Pensions and are free of charge.
Anatomical Pathology Technologists handbook
Covering the practical elements of the day to day management of
the mortuary and the role of the Anatomical Pathology Technician,
A Handbook of Anatomical Pathology Technology is the only guide
of its type and supports Royal Institute of Public Health qualifications
in anatomical pathology technology.
http://www.aaptuk.org/handbook.htm
Dr Bill Hunt reviews
the handbook and Julie Longmate, Senior APT, Berkshire gives her
thoughts.
HSE guidance
HSE guidance on safe working in
mortuaries, post-mortem facilities and clinical laboratories
Isaacs Report Response
Response to the Report by Her Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy
http://www.aaptuk.org/isaacs.pdf
Quality Improvement Scotland, New Standards For Post-Mortems
Development of The Standards for the Management of Post-Mortem Examinations http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/files/pmortem.pdf
Biological agents
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) has published
new guidance Biological agents: managing the risks in laboratories
and healthcare premises.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/information.htm
New Consent form for hospital post mortems
The HTA has produced a minimum data set of criteria to help Trusts produce Hospital post mortem consent forms and the accompanying guidance. more...
The myth: risk assessments must always be long and complex
Health and Safety Executive article that aims to simplify the process of risk assessment. Click for more
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