FAQs for medicolegal death investigators

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FAQs for medicolegal death investigators

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November 2, 2020
By National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.

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National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
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Updated Nov. 2, 2020

Medicolegal death investigators work within the medicolegal death investigation systems (i.e., offices of medical examiners and coroners) to investigate sudden, unexpected, and unnatural deaths. Investigation at the scene of death typically includes obtaining information from the family and other witnesses, confirming identity of the decedent, documenting and evaluating the scene and decedent’s body, describing any postmortem changes, collecting post-mortem specimens for testing, collecting and preserving evidence related to the death, ensuring correct labeling of the body, and supervising respectful and secure preparation of the body for transportation.
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Coronavirus Infections/mortality Coroners And Medical Examiners COVID-19 Mortality Pandemics
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Webpage
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United States
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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/medicolegal-faq.html
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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