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ATTENTION to all Forensic Scientists: COVID-19 lives on in blood after death


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Attention to all Forensic Scientists: COVID-19 lives on in blood after death

COVID-19 has found access to enter human body through dead!


The current novel COVID-19 pandemic is definitely a challenging period for every human all around the world. However a new challenge in terms of protection has arisen for forensic scientist who are involve in Forensic pathology, serology or biology as COVID-19 is capable of spreading through the blood of vermic patient.

COVID-19 PRESENTING A MENACING GESTURE TO FORENSIC SCIENTIST

COVID-19 is a respiratory pathogen and can be transmitted via respiratory droplets, but also through the blood of a viremic patient. You might have heard this phrase that “dead men tells no tail unless you are in forensics” well, there is a slight modification to this phrase in regards to present situation and that is “Dead men can spread Coronavirus while telling tails”.  I know it sounds like a movie or as if we are discussing new episode of "The walking dead" series. The explanation is given by a Forensic Pathologist- Judy Melinek that “Even though decedents don’t cough but they can expel bodily fluids while they are being moved or transported” so the Forensic Scientists of different department are under threat of getting infected while examining such infected bodies.

Forensic Scientists Beware: COVID-19 lives on in blood after death

Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist in the San Francisco Bay Area, has performed autopsies under many different circumstances and said- “We are used to dealing with contagious pathogens like tuberculosis, hepatitis and HIV. COVID-19 is different only in that there is currently no treatment and it is more resilient in that it sticks around the dead body after death,” Melinek recently told The Times of Israel.

If a person dies with “flu-like” symptoms, then the office deputies ask questions at the death scene to establish if the patient traveled recently, and whether they were exposed to a known COVID-19 positive patient.

“A nasopharyngeal swab can be done on the first day and if it comes back positive, we may be able to certify the death without an autopsy, just based on the clinical history of respiratory distress and the positive viral test,” Melinek said.

She added that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) currently does not recommend performing an autopsy in COVID-19 positive patients for diagnosis.

According to Melinek, standard personal protective equipment for an autopsy is an N95 respirator, face shield, booties, plastic apron, hair net, and double gloves. In the past she and her associates would use surgical masks, but now they are using N95s in all their cases.

Forensic pathologists are currently also using powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs), disposable hoods that attach to a hose and pump that creates positive pressure within the hood and filters the air they breathe. Reusable hoods also exist, which have to be decontaminated between cases.


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DISCLAIMER- The content of interview of Judy Melinel is taken from The Times of Israel. Covid-19 is challenging to different field/department in unique ways, scientists are working on it and updating with new theories and facts. No need to Panic just follow the instructions given by the legitimate organization.

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