Localización, identificación, traslado y entrega de cadáveres / Location, identification, transfer and delivery of corpses

Objetivo del documento: disponer de lineamientos básicos de desinfección para las personas que realizan el proceso de la localización, identificación, traslado y entrega en cementerios de cadáveres por COVID-19, evitando así la propagación del mismo.

Lineamientos para el manejo de cadáveres Coronavirus COVID- 19 / Guidelines for the management of corpses Coronavirus COVID- 19

Establece los lineamientos a seguir durante en el proceso del manejo de cadáveres infectados con el Coronavirus COVID-19 en todo el territorio nacional. Describe procedimientos para servicios de salud y funerarias, en el trato de los cuerpos.

Lineamientos para el manejo de cadáveres Coronavirus COVID- 19: 03 de abril 2020 / Guidelines for the management of corpses Coronavirus COVID- 19

Versión 03 de abril 2020. Establece los lineamientos a seguir durante en el proceso del manejo de cadáveres infectados con el Coronavirus COVID-19 en todo el territorio nacional. Describe procedimientos para servicios de salud y funerarias, en el trato de los cuerpos.

An observational study of safe and risky practices in funeral homes in South Africa

Background. Funeral home personnel are at risk of exposure to infectious hazards. The high prevalence of infectious diseases in South Africa means that these workers and family members of deceased individuals are vulnerable to infection if proper safety measures and equipment are not used. Objectives. To collect observational information on funeral industry practices in order to assess the safety of handling corpses and exposure to risk that could result in disease transmission. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted across two locations from August to October 2015. Funeral homes in Klerksdorp and Soweto were approached. The study team did facility assessments and observed preparation practices, focusing on safety equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE) and contact with hazardous materials. Interviews with funeral home personnel and relatives of the deceased were also conducted. Results. Of the funeral homes, 23.0% (20/87) agreed to participate. A median of 5 personnel (interquartile range 4 - 8) were employed per facility. It was observed that not all PPE was used despite availability. Gloves, aprons and face masks were most commonly worn, and no personnel were observed wearing boots, gowns or plastic sleeves. Funeral homes were located near food outlets, schools and open public spaces, and not all had access to proper biohazardous waste disposal services. Of 5 family members who were interviewed for the study, none reported being willing to partake in the funeral preparation procedure. Conclusions. There is a need to standardise the use of safety equipment, waste disposal methods and location designation in the funeral industry

Aqui se jaz, aqui se paga: a mercantilização da morte / Aquí se muere, aquí se paga: la mercantilización de la muerte / The market of death

Resumo Este artigo busca compreender o que os rituais funerários contemporâneos revelam sobre as maneiras com as quais as pessoas têm lidado com a morte e o morrer na atualidade. Desse eixo surgem reflexões sobre a relação dos homens com a finitude, evidenciando que os modos atuais de lidar com a morte e o morrer envolvem processos de mercantilização, patologização, medicalização e espetacularização. Esta publicação é oriunda de pesquisa de doutorado em psicologia social e apoiada metodologicamente em uma das vertentes da etnografia: a etnografia crítica. Foi realizada entre os anos de 2010 e 2014 no Brasil e em Portugal. O crescente uso de serviços funerários de "tanatoestética" aponta não somente técnicas de maquiagem dos mortos, mas também estratégias de maquiagem da morte. Essa dissimulação é sinalizada pela redução progressiva do espaço que a sociedade contemporânea destina ao luto e ao sofrimento, categorias cada vez mais equiparadas a condições patológicas.

Resumen Este artículo busca comprender lo que revelan los ritos funerarios contemporáneos acerca de las maneras conque la gente ha tratado la muerte y el morir. De este eje surjen reflecciones sobre la relacción del humano con la finitud. Evidenciando que los modos actuales de lidear con la muerte involucran procesos de mercantilización, patologización, medicalización y espetacularización. Esta publicación se origina de una investigación de doctorado en psicologia social y se enbasa metodologicamente en la etnografia crítica. Se realizó entre los años de 2010 y 2014 en Brasil y en Portugal. El cresciente uso de servicios funerarios de "tanatoestética" apunta no solo a la utilización de maquillage de los muertos, como tanbién a estratégias de maquillage de la propia muerte. Esta disimulación és remarcada por la reducción progresiva del espacio que la sociedad contemporánea destina al luto y al sufrimiento, categorias cada vez mas asociadas a condiciones patológicas.

Abstract This paper aims to understand what the contemporary funeral rituals reveal about the ways used by people to deal with death and dying nowadays. From that central concept, new reflections ramify about the relation-ship between men and time and being finite. It's made evident that the modern ways of dealing with death and dying involve flagrant marketing, pathological, medical and speculative processes. The fast growing presence of tanatoaesthetics in funerary services points out not only some make-up techniques of the dead, but also the existence of make-up strategies of death. That conceal is marked by the progressive reduction of the space that our modern society assign to the mourning and the suffering, categories that each day are more often compared to pathologies.