Table 1.

List of tissues and organs harvested; checklist in the autopsy suite

Organs and tissues	Harvesting for histology, whole organ	Harvesting for histology, 1 sample	Additional samples (R = RNALater; K = Karnowski; C = Culture)
Brain	+		2 (R + K)
Heart	+		2 (R + K)
Lungs	+		3 (R + K + C)
Liver	+		2 (R + K)
Kidney	+		2 (R + K)
Spleen	+
Trachea	–	1
Adrenal	–	1
Esophagus	–	1
Stomach	–	1
Small bowel	–	1
Large bowel	–	1
Bone marrow	–	1
Skin	–	1
Aorta	–	1
Lymph node	–	1
Skeletal muscle	–	1	2 (R + K)

In case of macroscopic gross findings or clinical history suggestive for other organs involvement, additional sampling is carried out