The findings, which incorporated all the major embalming fluids used at the University of Edinburgh, demonstrated that embalming of donor bodies is a safe and effective process to protect staff and students during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This facilitates the safe resumption of body donor programmes and cadaveric anatomy teaching.
The study has just been published in the Journal of Anatomy, and can be freely accessed/downloaded here:
Read about the study in the Journal of Anatomy