MZ/T 135-2019Technical regulation of hygiene for packing and transporting of corpse (English PDF)
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Issued by
Ministry of Civil Affairs
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
December 12, 2019
Implementation date
December 12, 2019
Scope
MZ/T 135-2019 (Technical regulation of hygiene for packing and transporting of corpse) is available as an English-translated PDF.
MZ/T 135-2019 — This standard specifies the basic principles, management requirements, preparation and disinfection and sanitation procedures for the collection and transportation of remains.
This standard applies to funeral service agencies for the disinfection and sanitary treatment of remains during the collection and transportation of remains.
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Document preview — MZ/T 135-2019
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 03.080.30
- Classification
- C 50
Issued by: Ministry of Civil Affairs
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Basic principles
- 5 Management requirements
- 6 Preparation
- 7 Sanitizing procedures
- Appendix A (Normative Appendix) Classification of Remains
- References
Foreword
This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.
This standard was proposed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
This standard is under the jurisdiction of the National Funeral Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC 354).
This standard was drafted. Institute 101, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Jilin Province Shidao Culture Development Co., Ltd., China Funeral and Interment Association, Beijing Funeral Home, Daxing District, Shenzhen.
1 Scope
This standard specifies the basic principles, management requirements, preparation and disinfection and sanitation procedures for the collection and transportation of remains.
This standard applies to funeral service agencies for the disinfection and sanitary treatment of remains during the collection and transportation of remains.
2 Normative references
The following documents are essential for the application of this document. For dated references, only the dated version applies to this document.
For undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to this document.
GB 19053 Funeral Safety Factors GB 19193-2015 General rules for disinfection of epidemic areas GB/T 23287-2009 Funeral term SN/T 1212-2003 Entry and exit coffin disinfection procedures SN/T 1320-2010 Entry and exit dead body, coffin, and bone health quarantine inspection procedures SN/T 1334-2003 Entry and exit corpse and bone sanitation treatment procedures SN/T 1909-2007 Entry/Exit Dead Body/Bone Hygiene Permit Procedures WS/T 367-2012 Medical Institution Disinfection Technical Specification Disinfection Technical Specification (2002 Edition) Ministry of Health
3 Terms and definitions
The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 23287 and the following apply to this document.
Packing corpse
Refers to the process of loading the dead or incomplete body into a corpse bag.
Transporting corpse
The process of delivering the remains to a funeral service as required.
Sanitary treatment of corpse the whole process of sterilizing and packaging the remains.
Note. Adapted from SN/T 1334-2003, definition 3.3.
Bagcorpse bag packing bag of corpse Packing bags for corpses.
Funeral vehicle hearse Special operation vehicles for receiving and transporting remains after conversion according to law.
Note. Adapted from GB/T 23287-2009, definition 7.28.
Standard precautions Preventive measures taken to identify all remains and their blood, body fluids, feces, damaged skin and mucous membranes as potentially infectious.
4 Basic principles
4.1 Standard precautions
Standard precautions for contact with remains and their blood, body fluids, feces, damaged skin, mucous membranes, and articles contaminated with these substances the main prevention measures are.
a) Use personal protective equipment to avoid direct contact with the remains and their blood, body fluids, feces, damaged skin, mucous membranes.
b) disinfect and sanitize the remains.
c) Hygiene of the respiratory tract, avoid splashing, and prevent contamination by air droplets.
d) Hand hygiene. Wash hands immediately after touching contaminated materials.
e) Keep the environment clean and deal with pollutants in a timely manner.
4.2 Classification of remains
Received remains are classified according to the following methods.
a) According to the degree of harm of the infectious pathogen carried by the body, the body is divided into the type I body, the type II body and the type III body.
See Appendix A.
b) The type I remains specified in Appendix A shall be related to health and disease prevention and control institutions in accordance with the "People's Republic of China Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law" After processing is required, the remains should be collected and transported by personnel for cremation and disposal nearby.
c) The personnel who collect and transport the remains shall disinfect the Type II and Type III remains specified in Appendix A.
d) Corrupted remains and dead bodies of unknown cause shall be disinfected as Class II remains.
5 Management requirements
5.1 Remains collection and transportation service agencies shall strengthen the health knowledge training and skills guidance for the collection and transportation of remains. Training content should Including the relevant content of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the disinfection of corpses, the correct use of dead body bags, the disinfection of funeral vehicles, and the severe pollution Heavy equipment and tools disinfection, solid waste treatment, occupational health protection, etc.
5.2 Remains collection and transportation service agencies shall be provided with legal and effective disinfectants, disinfection equipment, corpses and personal protective equipment;
The disinfection and sanitation materials meet the relevant national safety requirements, and are regularly checked and updated.
6 Preparation
6.1 Disinfectants and disinfection equipment
Those who collect and receive the remains should prepare disinfectants and disinfection equipment as follows.
6.1.1 Disinfectants
Remains and environment disinfection can choose chlorine, bromine, peroxide, aldehyde, iodine, biguanide, quaternary ammonium salt, alcohol, etc.
Disinfectant.
Note. Refer to "Disinfection Technical Specifications" and relevant requirements of WS/T 367.
6.1.2 Disinfection equipment
Can choose sprayer, ultraviolet disinfection lamp, vehicle disinfection and other disinfection equipment.
Note. Refer to "Disinfection Technical Specifications" and relevant requirements of WS/T 367.
6.2 Dead body bag
6.2.1 Classification of corpses
Bags can be divided into the following three categories.
a) Ordinary corpse bag (type III), used to collect type III remains, the common corpse bag is marked green;
b) Non-transmissive corpse (type II), used to collect type II corpses and corrupt corpses, of unknown death, non-transmissive corpses Bag identification is orange;
c) Special type corpse bag (type I), used to collect the remains of type I infectious diseases; due to other severe chemical poisoning or strong corrosive this type of corpse bag should be used for corpses, etc. The special corpse bag is marked in red.
6.2.2 Requirements for corpses
The requirements of the corpse bag are as follows.
a) The appearance color of the corpse bag should avoid to be consistent with the color of the identification plate;
b) The corpse bag should have certain antibacterial, sealing and anti-permeation functions;
c) The corpse bag should have sufficient load-bearing strength to prevent the bag body from being broken due to handling and temperature changes;
d) The packaging of the remains for cross-border transportation shall comply with SN/T 1212-2003, SN/T 1320-2010, SN/T 1334-2003, SN/T 1909-2007 Related requirements.
6.3 Health protection
Receiving and transporting personnel should have adequate personal hygiene protection, and gloves and mouths of different protection categories should be selected according to the type of remains before work.
Protective equipment such as hoods and protective clothing.
a) Standard protection. When collecting type III remains, the person collecting and transporting should choose disposable polyethylene gloves, medical masks, work clothes, etc.
Basic protective equipment
b) Strengthen the protection. When collecting type I and II remains, the collection and transportation personnel should use disposable medical rubber gloves and medical protective type Masks, protective clothing or gowns, protective caps, goggles (protective masks) and other protective equipment.
7 Disinfection and sanitation procedures
7.1 Collection of remains in different places
Receiving and transporting personnel shall collect the remains of different places according to the following requirements.
a) For the remains that have died in the hospital, medical personnel shall indicate the cause of the death of the remains and identify them according to the classification of the remains. Medical personnel are advised to Type III remains are disinfected, sanitized and labeled. If the medical staff did not deal with it, the transportation personnel should promptly ask the relevant personnel to understand the death Cause of death, disinfection and classification of the remains;
b) Remains of death at home. When receiving and transporting the remains, the personnel should ask the relevant personnel to understand the cause and time of death in detail.
Judge the remains for infectious diseases and make a classification and identification of the remains;
c) Remains that have died in other places. Remains collection and transportation personnel should understand the cause of death, the process of death, and check the body surface Signs and corruption phenomena, determine whether the remains are corrupt, the degree of corruption, and whether they are contagious, and make a good classification of the remains.
7.2 Develop a disinfection and sanitation treatment plan
Develop different disinfection and sanitation treatment schemes based on the causes of death of the remains to be collected and transported.
7.3 Disinfection of remains
7.3.1 Disinfection of Class I and II Remains
Disinfection of Class I remains in accordance with 5.1.1.5 in GB 19193-2015; Disinfection of Class II remains in accordance with GB 19193-2015
5.2.1.8 Implementation.
7.3.2 Disinfection of Type III Remains
For disinfection of type III remains, spray disinfection should be performed according to the method in Table 1. The spray disinfection method refers to SN/T 1212-2003 and is implemented according to the following procedure Shi.
a) Personnel collecting and transporting corpses should perform operations on the upwind to ensure personal protection and hygiene.
b) During spray disinfection, adjust the nozzle of the sprayer to adjust the spray droplets to the finest;
c) Spraying should be performed from top to bottom and from left to right in parallel at a uniform speed;
d) Ensure uniform drug distribution and sufficient disinfection time during spray disinfection.
Table 1 Method for disinfection of type III remains
Remarks on action time of disinfectant concentration 75% ethanol 1 min ~ 5 min Select spray method. peroxyacetic acid 2000 mg/L 5 min ~ 10 min Chlorine dioxide 100 mg/L ~ 250 mg/L 5 min ~ 10 min Other legal and effective disinfection products
7.3.3 Remains contaminated with blood or body fluids
Any remains contaminated by blood or body fluids should use a chlorine-containing disinfectant containing 1000 mg/L to 2000 mg/L of available chlorine or other legal Effective disinfection product spray disinfection, spray the disinfectant evenly on the surface of the body, spray disinfection method is implemented according to 7.3.2.
7.3.4 Disinfection of external wounds
If there is trauma on the surface of the body, a chlorine-containing disinfectant containing 1000 mg/L to 2000 mg/L of effective chlorine or other legally effective Disinfect product spray wounds.
7.4 Collection of remains
7.4.1 The corpse receiving staff shall select different types of corpse bags according to different causes of death of the corpses.
7.4.2 Put the sterilized remains in the corpse bag and mark them.
7.4.3 After collecting Type I and Type II remains, the outer surface of the corpse bag shall be disinfected by spraying in accordance with 7.3.2.
7.5 Remains transportation
7.5.1 Move the corpse in the corpse bag into the funeral cabinet of the funeral car; or put the corpse in the corpse bag into a disposable toilet paper coffin, Move into a funeral car. When carrying the corpse, it should be lifted and placed gently, without dragging, pulling, throwing, falling, or overlapping the corpse.
7.5.2 After the body is handed over, the UV lamp, the vehicle-mounted disinfection device or the biguanide and quaternary ammonium salt that are less corrosive to the metal should be turned on.
Disinfectant disinfects the funeral vehicle.
7.6 Waste and environment
7.6.1 Residual waste, clothing removed from the body, and packaging, which cannot be reused after disinfection, should be incinerated.
7.6.2 After harvesting, disinfect the environment around the remains with 1% peroxyacetic acid or other legally effective disinfection products.
7.7 Staff
7.7.1 The masks, gloves, protective clothing, etc. taken off by the personnel who collect and transport the remains should be disinfected and should not be reused.
Should be incinerated.
7.7.2 Operators can disinfect hands with quick-drying hand disinfectants or other legal and effective disinfection products suitable for skin disinfection.
Appendix A
(Normative appendix) Classification of remains
Table A.1 shows the classification of the remains.
Table A.1 Classification of remains
Classification of dead body types of infectious pathogens Type I remains Plague, cholera, infectious atypical pneumonia, pulmonary anthrax in anthrax, high human infections Sick bird flu and prions.
Type II remains
AIDS, viral hepatitis, polio, measles, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, rabies Disease, Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, anthrax, bacterial and amoebic dysentery, lungs Tuberculosis, typhoid and paratyphoid, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, pertussis, diphtheria, newborn Tetanus, scarlet fever, brucellosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, leptospirosis, malaria, Influenza, mumps, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, leprosy, epidemic and endemic typhus, melanosis, hydatid disease, except cholera, bacterial and amoebic Infectious diarrhea other than dysentery, typhoid and paratyphoid.
Remains of type III Remains except for the above-mentioned infectious diseases of types I and II.
a Corrupted remains and dead bodies of unknown cause are treated as Class II remains.
references
[1] GB 27953-2011 Sanitary requirements for disinfectants
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Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB 19053Safety limits of pathogenic bacteria for funeral and interment place
- GB 19193-2015Disinfection specification for infectious diseases
- GB/T 23287-2009Funeral and interment terms
- SN/T 1212-2003Codes of disinfection for entry-exit coffin
- SN/T 1320-2010Codes of quarantine inspection for entry-exit corpse, coffin with corpse and human remains
- SN/T 1334-2003Codes of sanitary treatment for the entry-exit corpse and human remains
SN/T 1909-2007
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