Building a rapid autopsy program – a step-by-step logistics guide

Table 2 Summary of patients approached for consent and reasons for screen failure

Candidate	Consent status	Tissue collected	Reason unconsented or declined
01	Not Consented	No	Patient and family interested but patient died suddenly, prior to consent. Program logistics have been modified in response.
02	Consented	Yes
03	Declined	No	Patient lived further than 1 h away and wished to die at home. Chosen funeral home would not agree to retrieve body from hospital without significant surcharge to family.
04	Consented	Yes
05	Not Consented	No	Patient and family interested but patient died suddenly, prior to consent. Program logistics have been modified in response.
06	Consented	Yes
07	Consented	Yes
08	Declined	No	Did not want to discuss any end of life topics.
09	Not Consented	No	Patient was interested but family declined at the time of consent.
10	Declined	No	Patient interested but was already enrolled in another body donation program.
11	Consented by NOK	Yes
12	Consented by NOK	Yes
13	Declined	No	Patient was interested but family declined at the time of consent.
14	Consented by NOK	Yes
15	Consented	No	Death was not reported by family.
16	Consented	Yes
17	Declined	No	Patient did not want to discuss end of life topics.
18	Not Consented	No	Patient was interested but family declined at the time of consent.
19	Consented by NOK	Yes

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