UMMPathRes Autopsy Manual

• Contents (old)
  • Autopsy Goals & Objectives
  • Evaluation of Resident (1 of 1 page checklist, and 2 of what looks like a printout of the multi-page EValue evaluation)
  • Autopsy procedure (adopted 1990, 1 review 1995 without revision, per signatures on printout)
    • The first page implies we have a Mortuary Services office which handles authorization paperwork AND moves deceased from the ward.
  • Annotated Code of Maryland (includes section on consent for autopsy)
  • Instructions for Faxgram (?old)
  • Medical Examiner Guidelines
  • Weekend Coverage for Autopsy Service (?old, includes procedure for doing regular Sunday autopsies)
  • Autopsy Report (old, implies 2 week turnaround)
  • General Guidelines for Completing the Autopsy Report (somewhat current)
  • Routine Histology Sections: Adult
  • Additional Routine Blocks
  • Memo: Do not editorialize or speculate in discussion (Dr. Sun, 2006)
  • Schematic of Autopsy Timetable (reasonable, but doesn't mesh 100% with previous implied timetables elsewhere in manual)
  • Routine Histology Sections: Pediatric
  • Routine Block (?)
  • Standard Neuropathology Sections (is this current?)
  • Pediatric Autopsy Gross Description Format (old)
  • Placenta gross examination form
  • Examination of Fetus with Congenital Malformations
  • Twin Placenta gross examination form
  • Autopsy Gross Description Format (?old)
  • 01-A-06-26 and 01-A-04-46 final report printouts, as examples
  • Isolation Room & Apparel for Isolation Cases
  • Memo: Fixation of Organs from Infectious Cases (Dr. Sun, 1997)
  • Fixation Procedure for Infectious Cases, in table format
  • Procedure for Autopsy on Cases of Congenital Heart Disease (adopted & last reviewed 1995)
  • Faxitron X-Ray Procedure
    • Note this is not the same as seen at CVPath
    • Has ours recieved maintenance/radiation review?
  • Process for Infusing Lungs with Formalin
  • Table of samples & containers for biochem/molecular analysis for metabolic disorders
  • Appendix with tables, diagrams, etc.
    • Many of these appear to be from the CAP mini-intro-manual
    • Most are difficult to read
    • Includes standard height/weight tables
  • Repeated pediatric & adult histology section printouts

• Contents (proposed/new)
  • Autopsy Goals & Objectives
  • Evaluation of Resident
  • Autopsy Procedure (needs updating)
    • Add Medical Examiner's Law of 1981 or a good summary of it?
  • Medical Examiner Guidelines
    • Part 2 on this form needs updating from "violence" to "trauma"
    • Check on the accuracy of part 12
  • Neuropathology (add separate section)
    • Current evisceration & fixation protocol
    • Current cutting protocol
      • Add need to submit list (initials, case #, BRIEF clinical Hx (1 sentence)), by Monday of the week of brain cutting
    • Current section protocol