Toe tag
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A toe tag is a piece of cardboard attached with string to the big toe of a deceased individual in a morgue. It is used for identification purposes, allowing the mortician, coroner, law enforcement, and others involved in the death process to correctly identify the corpse.[1]
It usually bears the decedent's name, a case number if law enforcement is involved, and some descriptors like hair and eye color. In many places, actual toe tags are no longer used due to hygiene concerns but have been replaced by wrist or ankle bands that serve the same purpose. Also, toe tags are used for correct identification of which body they are handling.[2][3]
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The History of the Toe Tag". medical-stretchers.com. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Atwood-Cotton, Sarah. "The Toe Tag: Respecting the dead". Oklahoma Gazette. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
