THE CLAIM: You have to keep stitches dry and covered up after surgery. THE FACTS: The instructions for caring for fresh stitches are fairly universal: Keep the sutures clean and dry and avoid getting them wet for at least 48 hours. Doing so, the thinking goes, sharply reduces the rate of infection and improves healing.
Forensic toxicology is the use of toxicology and other disciplines such as analytical chemistry, pharmacology and clinical chemistry to aid medical or legal investigation of death, poisoning, and drug use.
The results, which are often considered as evidence, may be subject to use in a court of law. Forensic toxicology testing may occur after an accidental death, such as one involving a motor vehicle, after a suspected homicide or suicide, and after suspected drug overdose or abuse. Family members may also request an autopsy and toxicology report for a death that does not fall into one of the above categories.