Details:

Personal Author:
DePaolo, Frank ; Whitaker, R. Doggett ; Wood, Charles M.
DePaolo, Frank ; Whitaker, R. Doggett ; Wood, Charles M. Less -
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.


Subject:
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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
Body Handling///Radioactive Contamination//Morgues/Disaster Scenarios/United States
Coroners And Medical Examiners/Standards
Disaster Planning/Standards
Mortuary Practice/Methods
Mortuary Practice/Standards
Public Health Practice/Standards
Radiation Monitoring/Instrumentation
Radiation Monitoring/Methods
Radiation Protection/Methods

Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:
Practice Guideline
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Guidelines and Recommendations
Main Document Checksum:
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