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requirements for preparing the mortuary facility mortuary equipment, instruments and materials and their associated usesprocess for body examination using non-invasive observation techniques, including:checking for no pulselooking for fixed and dilated pupilscirculatory and lymphatic systems in terms of their importance to embalmingarterial sites used for injecting embalming fluidphysical and chemical changes that occur after death and their possible impact on the embalming processeffects of embalming on various causes of death, medical treatments and proceduresembalming implications for different types of body conditions including babies and infants up to 2 years of ages, including:order for preparationfluid strengthuse of dyespressure and rates of flowdrainagetechniques for dealing with conditions:emaciationoedemajaundicebariatricrange of invasive and noninvasive medical paraphernaliaanatomical and linear guides used for selected injection sitesalternative treatments for areas not reached by arterial fluid that may include hypodermic injection, internal packs, preservative gels and external gelsvenous sites used for draining venous fluidsvarious suture techniques usedfuneral services industry parameters and protocols for dealing with the deceased, including social, cultural and religious considerationsfederal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations in relevant to work health and safety/occupational health and safety, infection control and handling human remainsenvironmental impacts regarding embalming procedures and minimal impact practices to reduce theseenvironmentally sound disposal methods for all types of waste and in particular for hazardous substancesworkplace policies and procedures in relation to performing arterial embalming.