Automated Processes of Preparing and Washing Deceased during Pandemic

In pandemic periods, the deceased are either in large numbers as a natural disaster or a carrier of infectious diseases as in pandemic times. Dealing with the deceased by a human is challenging for high numbers of deceased, as in natural disasters. In addition, it may transmit disease to the people who wash and prepare for those deceased during the pandemic. This paper will introduce a proposed system in pandemic situations and natural disasters to prevent people from contacting the deceased directly. The system includes an automated bathing chamber designed to make a device that cleans, bathes, and packs cadavers or bodies. It is also designed to cater to cheerful COVID-19 corpses, wherein the current guide for Muslim carcasses, the conventional cleaning process for burial procedures, is to be abandoned. The procedure is about the guidelines provided by the government in handling COVID-19 Muslim corpses in 2020. The policy states that if the corpse is a confirmed COVID-19 case, performing the tayammum on the surface of the plastic bag is adequate to eliminate any risk of COVID-19 transmission. Nowadays, this idea is for an Automated Bathing Chamber specializing in cleaning, sanitization, and packing positive COVID-19 cadavers. An initial design for the device can be visualized as a washing machine that fits a body. Furthermore, the proposed system can also provide benefits in managing the deceased who died due to infectious diseases and facilitate the bathing process for homeless cadavers and unclaimed deceased.