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GB/T 43247-2023Technical specification for the hygiene of packing and transporting of corpse (English PDF)

遗体收殓运输卫生技术规范

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

September 7, 2023

Implementation date

September 7, 2023

Scope

GB/T 43247-2023 is the English-translated version of 遗体收殓运输卫生技术规范.

GB/T 43247-2023 sets the hygiene requirements for the collection and transport of human remains. The people who do this work go into homes, hospitals and accident scenes, often without knowing what the deceased died of, and they are exposed to whatever it was in a confined vehicle for the length of the journey. The standard is written around that. It sets the classification and identification of remains, the basic requirements including standard precautions and the management arrangements, the preparation, and then the procedures: the disinfection of the remains, their collection, their transport, and the disinfection of the funeral vehicle, followed by the personal protective equipment - putting it on and taking it off, disposing of it afterwards, and hand hygiene - and the inspection requirements. It took effect on 7 September 2023.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
03.080.30
Classification
C50

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • 1 Scope1
  • 2 Normative reference documents1
  • 3 Terms and Definitions1
  • 4 Classification and identification of remains2
  • 5 Basic requirements2
  • 5.1 Standard Precautions2
  • 5.2 Management requirements3
  • 6 Preparation3
  • 7 Remains collection and transportation operations4
  • 7.1 Disinfection of remains4
  • 7.2 Collection of remains4
  • 7.3 Transportation of remains5
  • 7.4 Disinfection of funeral cars5
  • 8 Hygiene protection of staff6
  • 8.1 Putting on and taking off protective equipment6
  • 8.2 Handling of protective equipment after use6
  • 8.3 Hand hygiene6
  • 7 Table B.1 Record of hygienic treatment of remains8

Foreword

This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part

1.Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents" Drafting. Please note that some content in this document may be subject to patents. The publisher of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents. This document is proposed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China. This document is under the jurisdiction of the National Funeral Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC354). This document was drafted by: 101 Research Institute of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Institute of Environmental and Health Related Product Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jilin Provincial Shidao Cultural Development Co., Ltd., China Funeral Association, Daxing District Funeral Home in Beijing, Jinan Second Funeral Home in Shandong Province, Jinan Jin Min Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Babaoshan Funeral Home, Wuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, Wuzhou Quannan Funeral Service Co., Ltd. The main drafters of this document. Fu Huiqun, Wang Yongkuo, Wang Jiaqi, Zhou Xuemei, Li Yuguang, Liu Chong, Wang Yangyang, Liu Deshen, Zhao Hui, Bi Aisheng, Sun Shuren, Li Haijun, Li Zhanying, Gao Shifeng, Chen Donglin, Lei Zhiming. Hygienic technical specifications for the collection and transportation of remains

1 Scope

GB/T 43247-2023 sets the hygiene requirements for the collection and transport of human remains. The people who do this work go into homes, hospitals and accident scenes, often without knowing what the deceased died of, and they are exposed to whatever it was in a confined vehicle for the length of the journey. The standard is written around that. It sets the classification and identification of remains, the basic requirements including standard precautions and the management arrangements, the preparation, and then the procedures: the disinfection of the remains, their collection, their transport, and the disinfection of the funeral vehicle, followed by the personal protective equipment - putting it on and taking it off, disposing of it afterwards, and hand hygiene - and the inspection requirements. It took effect on 7 September 2023.

This document stipulates the classification and identification of remains, basic requirements, preparation, operation, and health protection of staff during the collection and transportation of remains. and inspection requirements. This document applies to the hygienic treatment of remains during the collection and transportation of funeral and interment services.

2 Normative reference documents

The contents of the following documents constitute essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, the dated quotations For undated referenced documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated referenced documents, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to this document.

GB 2626 Respiratory protection self-priming filter-type anti-particulate respirator

GB 10213 Disposable medical rubber examination gloves

GB 14866 Technical requirements for personal eye protection

GB 15979 Hygienic standards for disposable sanitary products

GB 19082 Technical requirements for medical disposable protective clothing

GB 19083 Technical requirements for medical protective masks

GB 19193-2015 General principles for disinfection of epidemic areas

GB/T 23287-2023 Funeral Terminology

GB 27948 General requirements for air disinfectants

GB 27950 General requirements for hand disinfectants

YY/T 0969 Disposable medical mask

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 23287 and the following apply to this document.

3.1 body packingcorpse The process of placing the complete or incomplete remains of a deceased person into a body bag.

3.2 transportationcorpse The process of transporting the body to a funeral service.

3.3 The whole process of disinfecting, packaging and processing the remains. [Source: SN/T 1334-2003, 3.3, with modifications]

3.4 packingbagofcorpse Packaging bags for collecting and containing remains.

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