Resources and Guidelines

Key points

  • CDC provides resources about workplace safety, preparedness, and infectious disease resources for medical examiners and coroners.
  • These resources can help you carry out medical and legal (medicolegal) death investigations safely, even during unusual and emergency situations.
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Workplace health and safety

Medical examiners and coroners may encounter risks to their health and safety as they work. CDC's National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provides resources to aid understanding, identification, and risk assessment in the workplace.

NIOSH also conducts studies to identify specific risks in different work settings. NIOSH has conducted several of these studies in medical examiners and coroner offices.

Keep Reading: Relevant NIOSH resources and reports.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health‎

NIOSH is the part of CDC that studies worker safety and health. NIOSH conducts research and makes recommendations to prevent work-related injury and illness.

Disaster preparedness and response

Natural and human-caused disasters can create challenges for death investigators. CDC has compiled resources and materials to help you carry out your duties during and after a disaster.

Keep Reading: Disaster preparedness for death investigators

Infectious diseases

Death investigators play an important role in determining the causes of unexplained deaths and critical illnesses. CDC supports medical examiners, coroners, and forensic pathologists by providing testing, biosafety recommendations, and protocols for situations involving infectious diseases.

Keep Reading: Infectious disease guidelines for death investigators

Resource‎

Learn more about individual states' Coroner and Medical Examiner Laws.
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