{"id":15,"date":"2026-01-20T21:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purocleanstage.wpengine.com\/new-puroclean-demo\/?post_type=service&#038;p=15"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:34:09","slug":"biohazard-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Biohazard Cleanup Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\">\n<h2>Jump To: <\/h2>\n<nav>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#biohazard-cleanup-services\">Biohazard Cleanup Services <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#bopim-standard\">BOPIM Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#is-certification-needed-to-perform-biohazard-cleanup\">Is Certification Needed to Perform Biohazard Cleanup?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#our-biohazard-cleanup-process\">Our Biohazard Cleanup Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#providing-biohazard-cleanup-services-with-empathy\">Providing Biohazard Cleanup Services with Empathy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#the-puro-clean-rapid-defense\u2122-program\">The PuroClean RapidDefense\u2122 Program <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"#for-biohazard-cleaning-services-call-puro-clean\">For Biohazard Cleaning Services, Call PuroClean!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biohazard-cleanup-services\">Biohazard Cleanup Services <\/h2>\n<p>In most cases, dealing with biohazard cleanup jobs means dealing with chemical spills, blood, human or animal remains. A traumatic accident that caused an injury or death are situations that call for biohazard remediation. The actual biohazard cleanup consists of cleaning, applying EPA approved hospital grade disinfectants and deodorizing areas where traumatic events have taken place.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/hoarding\/\">Hoarding Cleanup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/crime-scene-cleanup\/\">Crime Scene Cleanup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/deodorization-odor-control\/\">Deodorization and Odor Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/sewage-cleanup-sanitization\/\">Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/virus-decontamination-and-protection\/\">Virus Decontamination and Protection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/services\/biohazard-cleanup\/blood-bodily-fluid-remediation\/\">Blood and Bodily Fluid Remediation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After police and investigators finish gathering all the evidence from a crime scene, they are not responsible for any of the actual cleanup of the scene. When police release the scene, the responsibility is with the owner of the property to procure biohazard cleaning services. The biohazard cleaning crew can only start doing their work after police have officially released the scene.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bopim-standard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/bloodborne-pathogens\/standards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BOPIM Standard<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) put out a standard in 1991 to protect all workers from the dangers of blood or other potentially infectious materials (BOPIM). Hepatitis B virus, HIV, the 2019 Novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and many others are examples of Infectious pathogens.<\/p>\n<p>BOPIM helps protect about 5.6 million people in the healthcare industry and related occupations, which also includes biohazard remediation specialists. Biohazard restoration falls within the coverage of the BOPIM standard.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the BOPIM standard consists of several requirements, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Record keeping<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory training<\/li>\n<li>Specific required vaccinations<\/li>\n<li>Proper handling, transport and disposal of hazardous medical waste materials<\/li>\n<li>Using appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)<\/li>\n<li>Using work practice controls<\/li>\n<li>Conduct a Health and Safety Assessment (OSHA requirement)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More Common Biohazard Scenarios<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crime or homicide scenes<\/li>\n<li>Suicide or death<\/li>\n<li>Blood and bodily fluid<\/li>\n<li>Hoarding scenes<\/li>\n<li>Animal waste or remains<\/li>\n<li>Chemical hazards<\/li>\n<li>Coronavirus contamination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every single time that technicians need to handle potentially hazardous materials, it is performed at a significant risk. Because of this, adhering to safety procedures and the correct training is necessary. The importance of these guidelines are both for the workers and people who will later occupy the previously contaminated space. The technicians and residents rely on these safety guidelines. The safety of both technicians and residents from biohazard dangers is highly important during and after the project.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-certification-needed-to-perform-biohazard-cleanup\">Is Certification Needed to Perform Biohazard Cleanup?<\/h2>\n<p>Biohazard specialists are not required to get a certificate for their employment. However, biohazard technicians are required, by OSHA, to wear appropriate PPE while working with bloodborne pathogens.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, for workers to perform biohazard remediation, local, city, state and federal regulations may call for licensing requirements. Laws may be in place that call for the technicians to submit to background checks, fingerprinting, or additional actions. Georgia\u2019s requirements are a prime example. The state passed laws that affect businesses who provide trauma and crime scene cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>PPE protects the safety of employees and happens to be the last line of defense. This equipment guards the skin, eyes, mouth, nose and other body parts from being exposed to hazardous material. The extent of PPE used on each project may differ on different job sites. However, PPE should always include full face protection, cut resistant and nitrile gloves, properly assigned waterproof coveralls as well as a respirator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","class_list":["post-15","service","type-service","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/broken-arrow-ok-puroclean-broken-arrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}