Tag Archive: embalming
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Formaldehyde restricted across Europe
The UK funeral profession has three years to seek alternatives to formaldehyde or change how it approaches viewing the deceased,… Read more >
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Report on formaldehyde
The UK Government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has a new directive from the EU about the limits of formaldehyde… Read more >
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Reconstruction course
The William Purves Embalming Academy Post-Mortem Reconstruction course took place on 9 to 13 April at Edinburgh University Anatomy. Here,… Read more >
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IEBE: The art and science of embalming
For those of us who do not already know, the International Examinations Board of Embalmers (IEBE) functions as an examinations… Read more >
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Evolving medical technology and challenges
In the past, pacemakers, later joined by defibrillators, inserted into the upper chest were the only items required to be… Read more >
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Education Day 2017 recap
SAIF Education Day always pulls a wide variety of visitors from across the UK – Independents of all sizes sitting… Read more >
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Education Day 2017 speakers
This year’s SAIF Education Day, on Wednesday 1 November, will centre on the topics most relevant to independent funeral directors… Read more >
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SAIF Education Day
The 2017 SAIF Education Day will take place on Wednesday 1 November 2017 at Leicester Tigers Football Club. SAIF has… Read more >
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Save the date: SAIF Education Day
Following on from last years’ successful Education Day, SAIF has booked the same venue of Leicester Tigers Rugby Club for… Read more >
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Post-mortem reconstruction
An intensive five-day course on post-mortem reconstruction has provided a hands-on approach to facial reconstruction. The William Purves Embalming Academy… Read more >