diff --git a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml
index ffe21086..3b8933b1 100644
--- a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml
+++ b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
                     <column columnName="Id"/>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Arrival Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="arrivalType">
                         <columnTitle>Arrival Type</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js
index 26b5e66a..66b4e9a2 100644
--- a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js
+++ b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ function onInit(event, helper){
         skipHousingCheck: true,
         announceAllModifiedParticipants: true,
         allowDatesInDistantPast: true,
-        removeTimeFromDate: true,
         skipAssignmentCheck: true,
     });
 
diff --git a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml
index 40849889..ea501cee 100644
--- a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml
+++ b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Birth Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="cage">
                         <columnTitle>Birth Location</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js
index 9e1133f1..8695ed58 100644
--- a/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js
+++ b/nirc_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js
@@ -167,19 +167,21 @@ EHR.Server.TriggerManager.registerHandlerForQuery(EHR.Server.TriggerManager.Even
 });
 
 EHR.Server.TriggerManager.registerHandlerForQuery(EHR.Server.TriggerManager.Events.COMPLETE, 'study', 'Deaths', function(event, errors, helper){
+    // A delete arrives here as the deleted row with a null oldRow, which otherwise reads as a draft leaving draft.
+    if (event === 'delete')
+        return;
+
     var rows = helper.getRows() || [];
     for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         var row = rows[i].row;
         var oldRow = rows[i].oldRow;
 
-        // Notification will get sent when:
-        // 1) a brand-new row saved directly as 'Request: Pending' (i.e., when a user clicks 'Submit Death'), or
-        // 2) a draft death record moving from 'In Progress' to 'Request: Pending'.
-        if (!helper.isETL() &&
-                row && row.Id &&
-                row.QCStateLabel &&
-                row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'REQUEST: PENDING' &&
-                (!oldRow || !oldRow.QCStateLabel || oldRow.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'IN PROGRESS')) {
+        if (helper.isETL() || !row || !row.Id || !row.QCStateLabel)
+            continue;
+
+        // Notify once, on the first non-draft save: 'Submit Death' lands on 'Request: Pending', but a death entered alongside its necropsy goes straight to 'Review Required' or 'Completed'.
+        var wasDraft = !oldRow || !oldRow.QCStateLabel || oldRow.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'IN PROGRESS';
+        if (wasDraft && row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() !== 'IN PROGRESS') {
             console.log("Sending NIRC Death Notification")
             triggerHelper.sendDeathNotification(row.Id);
 
diff --git a/nirc_ehr/resources/web/nirc_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js b/nirc_ehr/resources/web/nirc_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js
index 344873ff..cd8f4f2d 100644
--- a/nirc_ehr/resources/web/nirc_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js
+++ b/nirc_ehr/resources/web/nirc_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Ext4.define('NIRC_EHR.window.DeathNecropsySubmitForReviewWindow', {
                 text: 'Cancel',
                 scope: this,
                 handler: function(btn){
-                    btn.up('window').hide();
+                    btn.up('window').close();
                 }
             }],
             items: [{
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ Ext4.define('NIRC_EHR.window.DeathNecropsySubmitForReviewWindow', {
                     value: this.getDefaultRecipient(),
                     displayField: 'DisplayName',
                     valueField: 'UserId',
+                    // No global 'id' here: a reopened window would adopt the previous window's element and render a second combo.
                     itemId: 'assignedTo',
-                    id: 'assignedTo',
+                    // Ext derives the input's name from the component id when 'name' is absent, so set it explicitly rather than leaning on the id.
+                    name: 'assignedTo',
                     anyMatch: true,
                     caseSensitive: false,
                 }]