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When must an embalmer employee receive training on the Formaldehyde Standard?

The process of chemically treating the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of organisms, to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore an acceptable physical appearance.

Author of what would become the first book devoted entirely to embalming procedures published in the United States in English:

Who is the Father of Modern Embalming in the U.S

The self-destruction of the body’s own cells is called:

Direct treatment of the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities as well as the lumina of hollow viscera, usually accomplished by aspiration and injection, is called:

Auguste Renouard published “The Undertaker’s Manual”, which was the first book published specifically as an embalming textbook in the U.S.

Wrote the first embalming textbook in the United States

If an employee initially refuses the hepatitis vaccination and then changes their mind:

When proteins are decomposed, they break down into amino acids which are reabsorbed back in to the bloodstream, where they start to break down the blood and contribute to the awful smell of decomposition.