Briefings on Hospital Safety: Postmortem Storage, Transport, and Processing
At the heart of hospital morgue design is the goal of safely maximizing refrigerated cadaver storage while allowing flexible, productive workflow. With the morgue frequently allocated in leftover facility space, architects and equipment planners must figure out how to fit everything required, including the refrigeration system, autopsy tables, lifts, racks, trays, and tools, so they can be efficiently utilized. The key to making this work is customizing the postmortem refrigeration unit and choosing complementary morgue equipment to develop a total …
