Patent ID: 6966900

Claim:
A tub for receiving a body and body parts comprising: the tub having four walls connected to a bottom, forming four corners, a lip formed on each wall distal from the bottom, the walls being formed in a step-shaped manner from the lip to the bottom, the tub being unitary, ribs formed longitudinally on the bottom extending outwardly therefrom, the ribs providing drainage means for collection of blood and body fluids, the tub having four notches formed in the lips of the walls at opposite ends of the tub respectively, wherein a stretcher handle may be received in the notches, the stretcher depending within the tub and the stretcher having the body and body parts resting thereon, a ledge formed in one of the corners of the tub, the ledge being angularly connected to a pair of adjoining walls and having an opening therein, an opening being formed in the one of the walls of the tub and aligned with the opening in the ledge, the opening being adjacent to the bottom of the tub, a valve means being connected to the opening in the ledge, such that a decontamination medium may be introduced into the tub to decontaminate the body and body parts and the blood and body fluids and the decontamination medium may be drained through the valve means.