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Written question asked by Bill Olner (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 March 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 March 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require hospital trusts to set in place procedures to ensure that funeral staff are aware of infection that may be present in a dead body; what action he will take to ensure that funeral staff are properly advised of risk of infection arising from the removal of an infected body from hospital premises. - Includes ref to "Safe working and the prevention of infection in the mortuary and post-mortem room" by the Health and Safety Commission ISBN: 07176 2293 2, 2003.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
401 c233-4W;401 c233W; 99758;99757
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Hospitals Disease control Infectious diseases Funerals Staff Human remains
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk