Other Preparation of the Deceased
About 28 of every 150 questions on a NBE Sciences practice exam come from this topic.
What to know
Review care of unembalmed and embalmed remains: identification, sanitation and topical disinfection, setting the features, bathing, dressing, casketing and positioning, cosmetizing, refrigeration and holding, preparation for cremation and shipping, handling of infectious and organ or tissue donor cases, and post-preparation monitoring.
Where it comes from
- NBE Sciences content outline (2023), Domain III
- 29 C.F.R. 1910.1030 (OSHA bloodborne pathogens)
Try a practice question
Remains received from a medical examiner already bear the examiner's toe tag. Generally, the funeral home should:
- ADiscard the examiner's tag once the death certificate is filed
- BLeave the existing tag in place and add its own identification
- CRemove the examiner's tag and replace it with the firm's tag
- DTransfer the examiner's tag to the outside of the body pouch
Show the answer
Leave the existing tag in place and add its own identification. Keeping the original tag preserves the identification chain from the examiner's office; the firm adds its own tag rather than substituting it.
NBE Sciences outline, Other Preparation of the Deceased — general professional knowledge