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Chapter-48 Mortuary Services of Hospital

BOOK TITLE: Hospital Administration

Author
1. Joshi DC
2. Joshi Mamta
ISBN
9788184486766
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10358_48
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1. Academy of Hospital Administration, Lucknow, India
2. University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
Chapter keywords
mortuary services, dead body, forensic institutes, embalming process, arterial injection

Abstract

This chapter discusses mortuary services of hospital. Mortuary is a building or room in a hospital used for the storage of human remains. The mortuary is either available at the government run hospitals or with hospitals imparting teaching programs to undergraduates or postgraduates. The dead body is stored at a temperature of -15°C/-25 °C which is usual in forensic institutes, or hospitals attached to medical colleges, especially for bodies which have not yet been identified. Documentation is an important activity of the mortuary service provided by hospitals. Every mortician must maintain a good quality ledger to enter all the details in respect of the bodies brought in to the mortuary, preserved and disposed off by the mortuary. The most important part of the embalming process is the arterial injection of embalming fluids.

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