What Is Embalming Fluid and the Risks?
Formaldehyde content is measured in “index”; 24 index arterial is 24 percent pure suspended formaldehyde. Arterials contain many dehydrant substances or humidifying, depending on what is needed, coloring agents and dyes, as arterial fluids preserve areas to be seen. Ingrediants vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and from type of fluid to type of fluid. Arterials are mixed further with water as a carrier, a total index of one gallon of solution of 1.5-3.5 %. This is the maximum in some cases to preserve and maintain surface body form. Cavity fluids are more concerned with presevation of areas not viewed and perform a more caustic job in preservation and are of a higher index, 40 to 55. Cavity fluid is administered via a trocar and isn’t injected normally with a pressure machine like embalming fluid. Its function is to create as strong a preoteolyzation action as possible in the very soft and vulnerable-to-bacteriologically-active viscera. Pretty techie stuff here but you wanted to k
