Guidelines for Death Scene Investigation of Sudden, Unexplained Infant Deaths:211 Recommendations of the Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. 211 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 45, No. RR-10, June 21, 1996

摘要

Because no uniform procedure has been developed for collecting and evaluating211u001einformation on sudden, unexplained infant deaths (SUIDs) in the United States, 211u001ethe U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives recommended in 1992 that the 211u001eU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant 211u001eDeath Syndrome (SIDS) establish a standard scene investigation protocol for 211u001eSUIDS. Two members of the panel, the Division of Reproductive Health of CDC and 211u001ethe National Institute for Child Health and Human Development of the National 211u001eInstitutes of Health, convened a workshop in July 1993 to gather information and 211u001eideas to use in developing such a protocol. Workshop participants, who included 211u001econsultants having expertise in SIDS and representatives of public and private 211u001eorganizations concerned with SIDS, suggested that the Interagency Panel on SIDS 211u001edevelop both a short-form protocol and a longer, comprehensive protocol. The 211u001eparticipants also recommended data items to include in the short-form protocol. 211u001eThis report includes the short form, which was developed to standardize the 211u001einvestigation of SUID scenes; ensure that information pertinent to determining 211u001ethe cause, manner, and circumstances of an infant death is considered in each 211u001einvestigation; and assist researchers in accurately determining the cause and 211u001erisk factors for SIDS. It can be used by medical examiners, coroners, death 211u001einvestigators, and police officers. Instructions for using the protocol are also 211u001eincluded.