Essential Safety Procedures in Biohazard Cleanup

Biohazards get their name because they are dangerous. If you are considering DIY biohazard cleanup, you need to make sure that you are prepared to handle them safely. Here are some of the essential steps to ensuring the safe cleanup and disposal of biohazardous materials.

Contact Relevant Authorities

Depending on the type of biohazard you are dealing with, you should contact relevant authorities:

• If you come across the scene of an unattended death or violent crime, you should contact police and/or health authorities.
• If you have a backed-up sewer, inform your local wastewater system. This may help them identify or understand problems that affect the city’s system.
• If you come across a freshly dead wild animal on your property, report it to animal control – it may be important.

Other biohazards may have specific reporting requirements. If you don’t know what they are, don’t handle the waste.

Clean the Biohazard to Appropriate Standards

When dealing with biohazards, it’s important to clean them according to the recognized standards. For some biohazards, this may mean simple soap-and-water cleanup is sufficient. Others may require surface cleaning with recommended disinfectants.

In some cases, surface cleaning is not sufficient. Deep cleaning methods may be effective for some materials, but when dealing with the most dangerous biohazards, proper cleanup might require tearing out exposed surfaces, such as drywall, carpeting, or even tile grout.

Failure to clean to appropriate standards may result in ongoing risk to people using the affected space. It may also result in legal liability for the person responsible for the property and/or cleanup. The consequences could be fines, prison time, and/or civil lawsuits.

Benefits of Working with a Professional Biohazard Cleanup Firm

The safest way to handle biohazards you encounter on your property is to get specialty cleaning services from experts who have extensive training and experience to handle them. You’ll also enjoy the benefits of turning cleanup over to a professional, including:

Safety – When you let Alpha Omega handle your biohazard cleanup, you don’t have to worry about your safety. We will handle all the risk, and we know how to do it safely. This will keep you and your family safe.

Cleanup to Standards – At Alpha Omega, we know how to clean any biohazard to the appropriate standards. We know when surface cleaning is sufficient, when deep cleaning is necessary, and when we’re required to remove exposed materials.

We also have the ability to remove all odors from the area so you can live in the house connected to the hazard without worrying that you’ll have to deal with the smell forever.

Legal Protection – The consequences of improperly handling biohazards can include hefty fines, criminal charges, and legal liability. The legal consequences can be especially severe if the biohazard cleanup is in your business where employees and customers may be exposed, or in a rental property where tenants might be exposed.

Don’t risk hefty fines, prison time, or crippling lawsuits. Instead, let cleanup experts handle the problem so you are protected from these consequences.

Peace of Mind – When you hire a professional biohazard cleanup firm, you won’t have to worry about problems like what risks you’re exposing yourself to, whether you’ve cleaned the hazard to proper standards, and if you’re going to face fines, charges, or lawsuits. You can simply trust that it’s been taken care of properly.

Choose Alpha Omega Disaster Restoration in the Billings Area

At Alpha Omega Disaster Restoration, we have a combined 50 years of experience in disaster restoration, including crime scene cleanup. We know how to handle your biohazard cleanup problem.

We offer 24/7 emergency services, so we can start working on your biohazard cleanup immediately. We use the latest tools and techniques to ensure your cleanup isn’t just done right, it’s done as quickly as possible.

To get us started on your biohazard cleanup, please contact us today.