There are significant differences between traditional restoration or cleaning and biohazard restoration or cleaning. While both have specific requirements and needs, biohazard treatment requires additional steps and safety. A person should be certified and trained in order to handle these scenarios.
Take a look at these top reasons to hire a professional.
What is Biohazard Restoration?
A biohazard is an unusual circumstance. It’s not a normal stain or spill or water damage situation. The term “biohazard” refers to anything that causes a risk to human health or environments. There are several things that can fall under this definition. Here are a few examples:
- Animal waste
- Human waste
- Infectious waste
- Sharps
- Human blood
- Human bodily fluids
- Viruses
- Biological waste
- Pathological waste
- Toxic waste or chemicals
In most cases where restoration or specialized cleaning is needed, the biohazard is human blood or bodily fluids, or it could be in reference to a virus or chemical spill.
Cleaning and Restoration Protocols
When you’re dealing with most cleaning and restoration jobs, it’s a simple matter of coming in and doing the work. But when you’re talking about something that’s a biohazard, it’s a whole different subject.
The EPA and CDC have very specific requirements for how cleaning should occur with these contaminants. When we come in as professionals, we follow strict rules and ensure that every bit of cleaning is in compliance with these protocols.
There are rules for specific safety equipment and decontamination processes to follow. The protocols even dictate disposal of contaminated items.
Emotional Impacts
Chances are if you’re dealing with a biohazard situation, you’ve been through enough. Whether it’s a death or crime scene or there has been some virus or chemical spill, there’s a lot for you to handle.
Having to clean up the aftermath when you already have a challenging situation will certainly challenge your mental health. Let the professionals handle this so that you don’t have to bear the burden.
Facing the scene for cleanup will be very hard on you, and that’s too much for you to carry on your own.
It’s More Than Just Cleaning
When a biohazard occurs, there are certainly major cleaning responsibilities. But it’s also more than just cleaning that has to happen. The space has to be contained and any surrounding areas that may have been affected will also have to be sanitized and disinfected.
A professional team will know what to look for and how to contain the area to get the job done. It’s not just wiping up blood or fluids. Cleaning goes well beyond that. Hiring a professional will likely save you some time and money when you think about avoiding long-term issues.
Let Us Help With Your Biohazard Restoration Needs
If you’re facing a biohazard situation, let us help. Semper Fi has teams that are trained and certified to take care of this for you. Our teams treat every scenario with discretion and the utmost care. Let us take on this burden for you so you can focus on other things that matter.
