KING KHALID HOSPITALINFECTION PREVENTION

ANDCONTROL MANUAL

MORTUARY CARE Dr. Nahla Abdel Kader, MD, PhD.

Infection Control Consultant, MOHInfection Control CBAHI Surveyor

Infection Prevention Control DirectorKKH.

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PROCEDURE PROCEDURE A. Nurses ٣

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Categories Diseases Precaution

sBaggin

g ViewingWashing

in the hospital

I All dead bodies not listed under category II.

StandardPrecaution

s

Yes Allowed Upon family

request

II

All dead bodies with: Anthrax, Plague, Rabies, Small Pox, Yellow fever, Viral Hepatitis B & C, HIV, SARS, Avian Influenza, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease withnecropsy, other infection disease as advised by the infectious diseases specialist or physicians/ infection control practitioner or microbiologist

Strict Standard

Precautions

Yes Not allowed

Must

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