• Handling of the Human Remains must be strictly monitored by Environmental Health Practitioners throughout the process.
• Human remains shall be placed in a leak proof triple body bag both first two bags shall be transparent and sealed while the third one shall be non-transparent and unsealed.
• After the body has been placed in the triple body bag, the remains must be placed in a non-transparent coffin.
• The human remains must be transported in a manner that is in compliant with the provisions of the Regulations Relating to the Management of Human Remains.
• The Human remains are considered contagious and should be kept only in designated health facilities’ mortuaries.
• Human Remains can only be transferred from one designated facility to another designated facility or from such to a cemetery or crematorium.
• Under no circumstances shall the human remains be directly handled, whether for aesthetic, hygiene preparations, cultural or religious reasons.
• The human remains may not be embalmed or viewed by breaking the seals of first two bags but by opening the third bag.
• Where it is feasible and acceptable to family culture and/or religion, it is strongly recommended that the remains be cremated.
• In all cases, remains should not be kept in households for vigil or any purpose but be kept in designated health facility mortuary premises and directly transported from designated health facility mortuary straight to place of burial or cremation or the home on the day of burial/cremation.
• The body should be buried in a sufficiently deep grave to prevent access by rodents and carnivores.
• Human remains shall be placed in a triple body bag both first two bags shall be transparent and sealed while the third one shall be non-transparent and unsealed zip-up body bag with handles and appropriate BIOHARZARD warning tag written “hazard Group 4 Pathogens” before transporting to designated health facility mortuary.
Ibaadur Raghmaan Islamic Society
“SLAVES OF THE MERCIFUL”