Legal And Ethical Aspects Of Anatomy And Dissection

Question 1

What are the exclusion criteria for donating a body?

Answer 1

Post mortem, some infectious diseases (HIV), dementia, recent operations, gross peripheral oedema, severe spinal deformity, obesity and where organs have been donated for transplantation

Question 2

Why was the human tissue act introduced in 2004?

Answer 2

In response to the organ retention scandals at alder hay and Bristol royal infirmary

Question 3

What is the human tissue act (2004)?

Answer 3

A single act to cover anatomy, pathology, tissue burning, research and public display of human material after death

Question 4

What/who oversees the human tissue act?

Answer 4

Human tissue authority

Question 5

Where should material from a cadaver go after dissection?

Answer 5

In the tagged bin

Question 6

What are the DR rules?

Answer 6

No phones or photography, 
valid ID worn, 
lab coats worn, 
appropriate footwear (not open topped), 
goggles worn during dissection, 
no eating, drinking or chewing gum
No hats
No bags
Dont take anything out of the DR

Question 7

What are the rules for working with cadavers?

Answer 7

Spray and cover after use, wash and put away instruments after use,