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. 2021 Aug 27;14(5):562–571. doi: 10.1002/ase.2093

Table 1.

Current Situation and Management of the Eventual Covid‐19 Cadaver Donations in Spain

Question Response Options Number of Responses n (%) CI 95%
Current situation of the dissection room: teaching activities Closed 8 (88.9) [0.57;0.98]
Open 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Current situation of the dissection room: research activities Closed 7 (77.8) [0.57;0.98]
Open 2 (22.2) [0.02;0.43]
Current situation of the dissection room: body donations No 7 (77.8) [0.57;0.98]
Yes 2 (22.2) [0.02;0.43]
Protocol to be applied in case of future body donation acceptance Body freezing 2 (22.2) [0.02;0.43]
Covid‐19 Tests 3 (33.3) [0.10;0.57]
Same than before pandemic 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Body embalming 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Donations already received with Covid‐19 as possible death cause? Yes 4 (44.4) [0.20;0.69]
No 5 (55.6) [0.31;0.8]
Protocol applied in case of accepted donations with potential risk of Covid‐19 Body embalming, death caused by pneumonia 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Body donation declined 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Body freezing after embalming 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Body embalming 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Donations intended to be accepted with Covid‐19 as death cause? Yes 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
No 8 (88.9) [0.57;0.98]
Protocol applied to donations received with Covid‐19 as death cause Non reported cases 6 (66.7) [0.43;0.89]
Body donation declined 1 (11.1) [0.0;0.27]
Body freezing after embalming 2 (22.2) [0.02;0.43]

Number of respondents (n = 9); CI, confidence interval.