Trying to Understand…

Hi there! I’m a nurse and I recently was heavily involved in caring for a patient during her end of life. Trying to keep the story part short The patient’s son is Orthodox and wanted to maintain that belief system for her as well. I thought I was familiar with some of the practices/rituals, but what this son requested was unfamiliar and I’ve tried to Google search to find out more but can’t seem to find anything that explains what he was requesting. So here I am trying to understand and find some clarity about some of what was requested just for my own knowledge… please understand I mean no disrespect or offense by my questions, I am only trying to gain knowledge and understanding. – one request was that immediately after her passing there needed to be a 15 minute period that no one touched her. Why? Also why 15 mins specifically? – once a person dies, they are covered. Why can they not be uncovered? (There was a monitor attached to the patient we needed to remove) – the son had a very big issue with removing the heart monitor leads (there were 3). He said since they were “touching her they had to remain.” However the Jewish funeral home rep said it was not an issue since the leads were not directly touching her. Who was right? – I am woman but the son had a conflict with who would be able to remove the leads. I’m guessing b/c I’m not Jewish? (Who can touch a dead body?) Thank you for taking the time to read this post and answer my questions 🙂