Saturated NaCl
Definition
Sodium chloride dissolved in distilled water to saturation, roughly 360 g/L at room temperature. The default preservative for solid viscera in Indian autopsy practice. Preserves most analytes by lowering water activity and inhibiting bacterial decomposition without altering the chemistry of the target.
Related terms
- BNSS Forwarding Form
- The viscera-forwarding requisition that accompanies sealed bottles from the autopsy mortuary to the SFSL or CFSL. Successor to the CrPC-era Form 65...
- Chain of Custody
- The documented chronological record of who collected, handled, transferred, and examined a piece of evidence. For digital evidence, chain of custody includes...
- Post-Mortem Redistribution (PMR)
- The phenomenon where drug and poison concentrations shift between body compartments after death, generally moving out of solid organs back into the...
- Viscera
- The standard set of organs and fluids collected at a suspected poisoning autopsy in India: stomach with contents, a length of upper...
- Vitreous Humour
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- Wide-Mouthed Bottle
- A glass jar with a mouth diameter wide enough to admit a whole stomach or a 200 g chunk of liver. Capacity...
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- Post-Mortem Examination and Viscera Collection in PoisoningSodium chloride dissolved in distilled water to saturation, roughly 360 g/L at room temperature. The default preservative for solid viscera in Indian autopsy p...