How long does it take to get the results of the postmortem examination / investigation?
In many cases the cause of death is evident at the time of autopsy. In these cases the death certificate is completed immediately and the examination report will typically be mailed out in less than 30 days. In other cases, the cause of death may require additional studies, and therefore, additional time. Many of these studies require processing and analysis of specimens by consulting laboratories, whose turn-around times are not controlled by the FDL MEO. Toxicology analysis is one of the most frequent reasons for delay in completing an investigation and death certificate. Forensic toxicology (in MEO cases) is very different from the drug testing performed in hospitals. Hospitals typically only perform screening tests of urine for general categories of drugs (for example, “opiates”), and do not determine ‘how much’ of each drug is present (“quantitation” of drugs). The MEO’s forensic toxicology laboratory, on the other hand, analyzes multiple body fluids for a wide spectrum of specifi
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