SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Experience at an Academic Medical Examiner's Office.
Joseph A PrahlowPrentiss JonesKristi BaileyAbigail GrandeAsmaa ObeadChristine PinkElizabeth DouglasBrandy ShattuckAmanda Fisher-HubbardTheodore BrownJoyce L deJongPublished in: Academic forensic pathology (2024)
The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a sizeable increase in work volume within our academic medical examiner's office. Although this increased workload was not related to a large number of COVID-19-related deaths investigated by the office, there were numerous areas of increased workload that were likely secondarily related to the conditions associated with the pandemic.