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COVID-19 Procedure: Procedures for Handling Bodies of Deceased Suspected or Confirmed Patients

COVID-19 Procedure: Procedures for Handling Bodies of Deceased Suspected or Confirmed Patients

Follow this COVID-19 procedure to safely handle the bodies of deceased suspected or confirmed patients. This template can be run as a checklist from within the Process Street app or it can be printed out and displayed. Page 15.
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COVID-19 Procedure: Procedures for Handling Bodies of Deceased Suspected or Confirmed Patients:
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Staff Personal Protective Equipment:
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Ensure staff is fully protected
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Corpse Care:
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Fill all openings or wounds the patient may have
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Wrap the corpse with a double-layer cloth sheet soaked with disinfectant
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Pack it into a double-layer, sealed, leak-proof corpse wrapping sheet soaked with chlorine containing disinfectant
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Transfer the body to the isolation ward of the hospital using designated elevator
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Transport body to a specified location for cremation
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Perform final disinfection of the ward and the elevator
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COVID-19 Procedure: Procedures for Handling Bodies of Deceased Suspected or Confirmed Patients

This process template is part of our COVID-19 Procedures pack. 

It is built as a reproduction of the procedures outlined in the Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment (2020) produced by The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU). 

FAHZU had great success in combatting the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 and this handbook outlines best-practices, procedures, and useful charts for hospitals and medical centers to practically employ. 

The items contained within the handbook were compiled according to clinical experience. 

You can edit this process template to adapt it to the specific needs of your institution. When you come to follow the procedure, you can run this template as a checklist. You can add form fields throughout the checklist to gather information. You can connect your Process Street account with other platforms via automation to automatically store or utilize any data entered into your checklists. 

Alternatively, you can choose to print this checklist out to display on the walls of the important areas where it will need to be followed. Selecting to print the checklist will reformat it for greater offline readability. 

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You can find the full handbook embedded below.

Process Street is not a medical institution and the items contained in this process template are illustrative and not intended to be understood as medical advice. Please refer to the attached PDF document for any and all medical or operational recommendations. 

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Staff Personal Protective Equipment:

Ensure staff is fully protected

Ensure staff is fully protected by wearing work clothes, disposable surgical caps, disposable gloves and thick rubber gloves with long sleeves, medical disposable protective clothing, medical protective masks (N95) or powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs), protective face shields, work shoes or rubber boots, waterproof boot covers, waterproof aprons or waterproof isolation gowns, etc.

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    Work clothes
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    Disposable surgical caps
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    Disposable gloves
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    Thick rubber gloves with long sleeves
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    Medical disposable protective clothing
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    Medical protective masks (N95) or powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs)
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    Protective face shields
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    Work shoes or rubber boots
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    Waterproof boot covers
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    Waterproof aprons
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    Waterproof isolation gowns

Corpse Care:

Fill all openings or wounds the patient may have

Fill all openings or wounds the patient may have, such as mouth, nose, ears, anus and tracheotomy openings, by using cotton balls or gauze dipped in 3000-5000 mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant or 0.5% peroxyacetic acid.

Wrap the corpse with a double-layer cloth sheet soaked with disinfectant

Pack it into a double-layer, sealed, leak-proof corpse wrapping sheet soaked with chlorine containing disinfectant

Transfer the body to the isolation ward of the hospital using designated elevator

The body shall be transferred by the staff in the isolation ward of the hospital via the contaminated area to the special elevator, out of the ward.

Transport body to a specified location for cremation

The body should be directly transported to a specified location for cremation by a special vehicle as soon as possible.

Perform final disinfection of the ward and the elevator

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