Guidelines for handling decedents contaminated with radioactive materials

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• Personal Author:
  DePaolo, Frank ; Whitaker, R. Doggett ; Wood, Charles M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects. Radiation Studies Branch.
• Description:
  "Detonation of a nuclear weapon or activation of a radiological dispersal device could cause radioactively contaminated decedents. These guidelines are designed to address both of these scenarios. They could also be applicable in other instances where decedents' bodies are contaminated with radioactive material (e.g. reactor accidents, transportation accidents involving radioactive material, or the discharge of a decedent from a hospital after injection or implantation of a radiopharmaceutical). These guidelines suggest ways for medical examiners, coroners, and morticians to deal with loose surface contamination, internal contamination, or shrapnel on or in decedents' bodies.Detonation of a nuclear weapon or activation of a radiological dispersal device could cause radioactively contaminated decedents. These guidelines are designed to address both of these scenarios. They could also be applicable in other instances where decedents' bodies are contaminated with radioactive material (e.g. reactor accidents, transportation accidents involving radioactive material, or the discharge of a decedent from a hospital after injection or implantation of a radiopharmaceutical). These guidelines suggest ways for medical examiners, coroners, and morticians to deal with loose surface contamination, internal contamination, or shrapnel on or in decedents' bodies." - p. 1
  
  CDC-INFO Pub ID 998831
  
  
• Content Notes:
  998831
  
  prepared by Charles M. Wood, Frank DePaolo, R. Doggett Whitaker.
  
  Publication date from "created" and "modified" dates in document properties.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20) and selected bibliography (p. 20).
  
  Available via the World Wide Web.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Body Handling Coroners And Medical Examiners Decontamination Disaster Planning Disaster Scenarios Instrumentation Methods Morgues Mortuary Practice Occupational Exposure Public Health Practice Radiation Monitoring Radiation Protection Radioactive Contamination Radioactive Hazard Release Standards

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; {electronic resource}; remote; 21 p. : digital, PDF file (1.09 MB, 23 p.)
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5823/cdc_5823_DS1.pdf
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