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Comment
. 2020 Aug;216(8):153039.
doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2020.153039. Epub 2020 May 31.

Autopsy of patients with COVID-19: A balance of fear and curiosity

Klaus Hirschbühl  1 , Tina Schaller  2 , Elisabeth Kling  3 , Bruno Märkl  2 , Rainer Claus  4
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Comment

Autopsy of patients with COVID-19: A balance of fear and curiosity

Klaus Hirschbühl et al. Pathol Res Pract. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Autopsy; COVID-19; Personal protective equipment (PPE); SARS-CoV-2.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Systematic layered representation of the personal protective equipment (PPE). A) Basic layer of surgical scrub suit and rubber boots. B) Surgical hood for hair protection, safety goggles, respiratory protection by an FFP3 mask and cut-proof synthetic mesh gloves. C) Long fluid-resistant isolation gown, first layer of latex/nitrile gloves. D) Face shield, waterproof apron and additional forearm protection, second layer of latex/nitrile gloves.
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  • Postmortem Examination of Patients With COVID-19.
    Schaller T, Hirschbühl K, Burkhardt K, Braun G, Trepel M, Märkl B, Claus R. Schaller T, et al. JAMA. 2020 Jun 23;323(24):2518-2520. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.8907. JAMA. 2020. PMID: 32437497 Free PMC article.

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