Mortuary Audit Tool

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

A MORTUARY PREMISES DETAILS:

• Owners Name:

• Occupiers Name;

• Council Approval Identification Details:

• Health Registration Number:

• Registration Details Complete?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Registration details match with Council approval?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

B AUDIT DETAILS

• 1. Premises generally (Clause 5)

• Only approved mortuary being used for body preparation? (1)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Only approved mortuary being used for body storage? (2)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Bodies not stored in a vehicle? (3)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Holding room being used for body storage only? (4)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Bodies not stored as a hospital? (5)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2. Facilities for Body Preparation Rooms (Clause 6)

• Vehicle reception area adjacent to body preparation room? (1)(a)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Vehicle reception area screen from public view? (1)(a)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Hand wash basin with adequate hot and cold water and hands free operation? (1)(b)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Sufficient slabs, tables and fittings?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Slabs, tables and fittings impervious and drained for cleaning? (1)(c)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Refrigerated body storage facilities for at least two adults? (1)(d)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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• Less than 5 C?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Impervious containers with lids; hands free operation for solid wastes? (1)(e)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Only bodies stored in body refrigerator?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3. Waste Disposal (Clause 7)

• Solid wastes disposed as contaminated (clinical) waste?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Waste observed in container:

• Name of clinical waste contractor:

• 4. Vehicles (Clause 8)

• Hearse: Make, Model and Registration (1)(a):

• Collection vehicle: Make, model and registration (1)(b):

• Mortuary transport service or freight carrier? (2)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Bodies placed only in vehicle body area? (3)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Vehicle body area not used for other purposes? (4)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Vehicle clean of exudates? (5)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Un-embalmed bodies transported less than 8 hours? (7)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Body bags supplied in vehicle? (CI 13)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Protective clothing in vehicle? (CI 14)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5. Mortuary Register of Body Preparation (Clause 18)

• Register Sighted? (1)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Entries complete for disposed bodies? (3)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Entries reconciled with each body prepared? (2 & 3)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 6. Retention of Bodies (Clause 10)

• All bodies held in mortuary or holding room? (1)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• All bodies kept under refrigeration? (2)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Reason for any body not in refrigeration? (3)

• All un-embalmed bodies kept less than 7 working days after certificate? (4)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 7. Embalming of bodies (Clause 11 & 12)

• Any un-embalmed bodies on premises? (*)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Name and qualification of embalmer? (11,1)

• Qualification approved?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Any body with List B disease embalmed? (11,2)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Any body with List A disease pierced by unqualified person? (12)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 8. Body Bags (Clause 13)

• All bodies in body bags and identified? (1)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

C RECOMMENDATIONS

• Recommendation;

D ACTION TAKEN

• Action;

• (*) = Not a legislative requirement

• NB:

  Yes

  No

  N/A