If you notice any mold or mildew buildup in your home or a few blood stains on the floor resulting from a small accident in the kitchen, such as a cut, you will probably not hesitate to grab a suitable cleaning substance and a sponge to eliminate the dirt. However, there are many situations in which an amateur cleanup approach is dangerous as well as inefficient and that require professional cleanup performed by trained and qualified professionals. here are some of the most common tasks that biohazard cleanup specialists are required.
Deep Cleaning Performed at The Sites Where Violent Accidents or Crimes Have Taken Place
Biohazard cleanup professionals are also called crime scene cleanup specialists, the elimination of the pathogens and dirt resulting from these traumatic events being one of the most important services provided by them. When hired to perform such cleaning jobs, biohazard cleanup teams start work after the forensic team has collected all the evidence available at the crime site.
The cleanup team will put on special personal protection equipment to prevent the health risks resulting from handling biological materials (they never skip that phase, no matter what task they are hired for), then they will start the cleaning process using specialized substances and high-capacity cleaning devices, such as powerful steam cleaners. Biohazard cleanup teams will not only handle visible stains of blood and other bodily fluids – they will also ensure that the crime site is perfectly sanitized and free from any germs and pathogens.
Water Damage Restoration
Another service that biohazard cleanup professionals are frequently hired for is the cleanup after some natural disaster that involves contamination with sewage water or to restore the cleanliness and the safety of promises after a sewage pipe has burst. Like in the case of crime scene cleanups, the methods and processes used by cleanup companies to remedy these situations will also involve the removal of the contaminated material, followed by the cleaning and the sanitization of the premises as well as of the objects found at the damaged location, such as the carpets and the floors.
Water damage usually involves high amounts of humidity accumulated in the structural components of the building, so the processes usually involve the drawing of the rooms with the help of special ventilators.
Mold Remediation
The buildings that are severely affected by mold are very dangerous to spend time in and the decontamination must be started as soon as the mold is noticed. A biohazard cleanup Denver team will use special technologies to remove the mold without causing much damage to the building, but in most cases the process involves the removal of flooring and drywalls to the depths where the surface is no longer affected by the mold. The cleaned surfaces are then treated weird special disinfectants to ensure the complete removal of mold spores and to prevent the mold from reappearing after the surfaces are restored.
Fire Damage Restoration
The restoration processes after a fire might involve all the processes described in the water damage restoration paragraph above if the fire has been put out with water or foam or they might involve only the removal of smoke particles and soot in the case that the fire could be put out without needing extensive amounts of extinguishing material.