Autopsy Assistant

Responsibilities

• Assists pathologists, pathologists' assistants, and pathologists-in-training (residents and student fellows), and trains entering residents and year-out student fellows the performance of evisceration techniques in postmortem examinations.
• Performs body incisions and evisceration of organs during postmortem examinations.
• Delivers specimens for special studies.
• Prepares and expedites delivery of cadaver to funeral director.
• Institutes universal precautions, especially during infectious cases, as prescribed by Autopsy Procedure Manual.
• Obtains consent forms, charts, and necessary paperwork for each patient to be autopsied.
• Sets up dissection area with instruments and specimen containers.
• Retrieves autopsy consent and charts from the Admitting Office.
• Notifies prosecutor of autopsy by page or phone call.
• Completes administrative work throughout autopsy, including logging, tracking, and processing paperwork/copies.
• Sets up autopsy room and tolls needed for autopsy.
• Removes body from the cooler, puts on autopsy table, and assists with providing gross examination, including specimen samples.
• Cleans and returns body to cooler.
• Cleans autopsy table and instruments.
• Responsible for general cleanliness of autopsy suite, including all tables, sinks, and counter tops.
• Keeps all items stocked in morgue room, including all PPE, gloves, aprons, and face shields.
• Copies and restocks work sheets, etc. as needed.
• Keeps full decal supply at trim areas.
• Keeps trim areas stocked with basic instruments, including scalpel handles, scissors, forceps, probes, rulers, towels, ink, small empty specimen containers, and scalpel blades.
• Cleans up and disinfects morgue after every prosecution, organ review, and conference.
• Requests special assistance with floors, etc., as needed.
• Cleans cooler after spills.
• Restocks spill kit for after-hours and weekends.
• Serves as liaison to administrative assistant for technology issues.
• Rinses brains, readies COW's, and collects and readies administrative and storage needs.
• Prepares and expedites cadaver for delivery to funeral director.
• Maintains equipment, including requesting inspections and service as needed.
• Keeps maintenance and temperature logs.
• Institutes precautions as prescribed by autopsy procedure manual during infectious cases.
• Stores and handles chemicals involved in safe manner as prescribed by autopsy procedure manual.
• Maintains supplies and ensures prosecution instruments are sharp and in good working condition.
• Arranges for scheduled instrument sharpening bi-annually.
• Picks up placentas from the Obstetrics department for cremation purposes.
• Verifies identification tags and tags indicating specimen for cremation.
• Maintains logs of autopsy cases, bodies delivered to funeral directors, and organs for disposal and assists with coordinating specimens saved for specimen museum.
• Readies bodies for family viewing on an as needed basis.
• Makes sure bodies stored in the cooler are disposed of appropriately.
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