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Hello Sharon I donıt think it is staff members who are doing the hugging of the body, unless they have a very unhealthy love of their job. I think Gillian means that it is the relatives who hug the body and then shake hands with funeral directors etc. Anne On 12/10/2011 16:26, "Naylor, Sharon [HMPS]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Would probably be useful for you to identify which infectious conditions you > are worried about, what the routes of transmission are and risk assess from > there > > I would think that the wearing of gloves could be initially construed as > highly insensitive, also not sure how protective gloves would be if they are > getting hugged? > > > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Kinselley, Gillian - Oxfordshire Customer Services > Sent: 12 October 2011 15:43 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] corones office employees > > Does anybody look after staff of the Coroners office? > > I am interested in if you would advise the coroners staff to wear gloves when > attending deceased body viewing with relatives. Some relatives tend to hug > and touch the deceased and then shake hands/ hug touch with the staff member. > With our diverse society some relatives or friends could be unkempt or have > infectious medical conditions as the deceased if its for the initial > identification. > > > Interested in anybodyıs thoughts > > > Gillian > > Occupational Health Manager > > Oxfordshire County Council > > Rewley Road > > Oxford > > OX1 2EH > > [log in to unmask] > > telephone 01865 815295 > > > > > This email, including attachments, may contain confidential information. If > you have received it in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete it > immediately. Views expressed by the sender may not be those of Oxfordshire > County Council. Council emails are subject to the Freedom of Information Act > 2000. http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/emaildisclaimer > > This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the Government Secure > Intranet anti-virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless Worldwide in > partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) In case > of problems, please call your organisationıs IT Helpdesk. > Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or > recorded for legal purposes. > ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure > Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless Worldwide in > partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) On > leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. > Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or > recorded for legal purposes. > ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH