When First Responders leave and the crime scene tape comes down, Bio-One is always ready to help needy families. Recently, Bio-One of Orange received a call to help an apartment community as crime and trauma scene cleaners.
Upon arriving on the scene, there is always a sense of uncertainty; what is behind the closed door? The initial “shock and awe” quickly subsides to a job that needs the help of Bio-One for blood remediation. There is a need to formulate a safe game plan to properly clean such a scene.
- Determine where a safe biohazard and blood-free zone is located to prevent cross-contamination that could potentially contain infectious diseases. This part needs proper placement of staging process of tools, chemicals and other needed materials for quick and clean access.
- All technicians must wear proper personal protective equipment or PPE in the the safe zone before getting to work.
- Moving into the scene, working in small sections and cleaning with Bio-One Certified Chemicals that will destroy infectious diseases is crucial.
- Blood on the carpet should undergo proper treatment, decontamination, and proper disposal. In the apartment mentioned, there was the master bedroom that had blood-stained carpet, but the bathroom had laminate flooring. In both scenes, the blood-soaked carpet and the laminated flooring needed immediate removal to introduce the subfloor for further remediation.
- All biohazard is placed into a “red bag” for transportation to the medical waste facility for proper disposal following O.S.H.A. Standards.
- Once all is remediated high, powered lights are used to see if there is any blood or residue left; the tiniest drops can be hidden from the naked eye...so high-intensity lighting will help illuminate any areas of concern.
- Once fully treated Bio-One of Orange will give the apartment community a remediation certificate so that the staff knows it is safe to enter.
Bio-One as Crime and Trauma Scene Cleaners
Every job is different and very unique, which makes trauma and crime scene cleaning a specialized business. This type of cleaning should only be performed by trained B.O.T.S. Certified technicians. Bio-One of Orange works hard to educate apartment communities and maintenance crews about the risks involved with this type of cleaning. These can be very dangerous situations. We hope you never have to call but if in need, Bio-One is there to help during a very traumatic event.
Contact us directly:
714-597-6845 & Info@BioOneOrange.com
