Infection control

I was lead to believe that the reason that the hospitals can not disclose the type of infection the deceased has died from or may be carrying is due to Data protection/Patient confidentiality. In my experience I have always had good working relationships with the hospitals and may not know the exact infection but would be told if extra precautions should be taken when handling the deceased and also if embalming would be safe. The hospitals or health authority have a duty of care to protect the funeral staff from infection, by not giving sufficient information on the infection, funeral directors are unable to make a balanced judgment on what precaustions to take, the hopitals are therefore surely failing in their duty. I'm sure this debate will go on until it is raised at a national level until then, PPE (personel protective equipment) such as gloves should always be used when handling the deceased, regardless of infection being present or not.