Table 1

Characteristics of the included study

Study	Population	Study type	Setting	Intervention and comparator	Comparator	Outcomes	Risk of bias/quality
Li et al (2005)10	23 pathologists and technicians performed 16 autopsies	Case study	Autopsy laboratory in China	Multicomponent intervention: construction, PPE, disposal and other measures components	No comparator group	Infections: Proportion of infections: 0/23 Evaluation of decontamination measured by sarin simulant test: in the contaminated area, sarin concentration decreased from 10 to 2 ppm to 0 ppm, and sarin was undetectable in the clean area and the semi-contaminated area	High risk of bias