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Role of Forensic nursing in Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Including Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 2012

Abhishek Yadav , Abhishek Yadav 1 , Venkatesh J 2 , Karthi Vignesh Raj K 3 , Varun Chandran A 4 , Abilash S 5 , Swati Tyagi 6

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Journal of Hospital Administration 6(2):p 51-55, July-December 2022. | DOI:

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How to cite this article: Abhishek Yadav, Venkatesh J, Karthi Vignesh Raj K, et. al./Role of Forensic nursing in Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Including Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 2012/RFP Journal of Hospital Administration. 2022;6(2):51-55.

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Sexual offence cases are a common problematic crime for prosecution. The conviction rate of these cases is significantly less due to lack of circumstantial evidences and in many cases there is only the version of the survivor vs accused. Mediolegal evidence play a pivotal role in conviction of accused. Sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) is an established concept in many countries where trained Forensic nurses plays an important part in history taking, prompt collection of evidence and documentation of injuries, resulting in timely examination of Sexual assault survivors with a sensitive and humanitarian approach. This is system is still not in practice in our country. The current system is based on the examination of survivors in already overloaded emergency department of hospitals by doctors involved in life saving procedures leading to delay in examination of survivor. The article intends to outline and educate the nursing professionals about the medicolegal examination in sexual assault case and POCSO cases, evidence collection, and other aspects. The article deliberate the basic knowledge about the medicolegal examination procedures, preservation of samples with proper chain of custody, SAFE Kit and the POCSO act of 2012 that will be helpful for forensic nursing professionals orientation and training.

Keywords: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; Sexual Assault Forensic examination (SAFE); SAFE Kit; Forensic Nursing; POCSO Act.

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How to cite this article: Abhishek Yadav, Venkatesh J, Karthi Vignesh Raj K, et. al./Role of Forensic nursing in Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Including Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 2012/RFP Journal of Hospital Administration. 2022;6(2):51-55.

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Keywords: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; Sexual Assault Forensic examination (SAFE); SAFE Kit; Forensic Nursing; POCSO Act.

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