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The rules of treatment of corpse.
The doctor confirms the death. The nurse and the nurse carried out post-
mortem care. At a bed of the dead put a screen (if in chamber there are other
patients, a corpse take out to other room). From under the head of the dead take
away the pillow, remove his clothes, put the deceased on his back, close his
eyes, tie up the lower jaw, unbend limbs, cover with a sheet. After performing
these actions, the corpse is left in the medical department for 2 hours. After
this it is examined, and in the presence of reliable signs of death the nurse
writes on a hip of the deceased his surname, initials, number of «Medical card
of the stationary patient», date of death. The corpse with the accompanying
document filled by the doctor is transported on a special gurney to the pathology
department for autopsy.
Things of died person should be collected, described and given to relatives.
The nurse removes values from the dead in medical office in the presence of
the doctor on duty, making out it the act, and gives to storage to the senior
nurse. If it is not possible to remove the value from the deceased, they should
all be listed in the “Medical card”. The senior nurse of the department gives out
the values and things of the deceased to the relatives.
Bedding from the bed of the deceased, including a mattress, pillow and
blankets, put in a bag and give for disinfection. In some cases, the bed is also
disinfected.
The bed and the bedside table is wiped in accordance with the requirements
of sanitary-anti-epidemic regime.
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