Biohazard Cleanup Services in Spartanburg, SC

In many cases, dealing with biohazard materials means dealing with chemical spills, blood, human or animal remains. A traumatic accident that resulted in injury or death are situations that call for biohazard restoration. The actual biohazard cleanup consists of cleaning, applying EPA approved hospital grade disinfectants, and deodorizing locations where traumatic events have occurred.

Our Biohazard Cleaning Services:

• Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation
• Virus Decontamination and Protection
• Blood and Bodily Fluid Remediation
• Hoarding Cleanup
• Crime Scene Cleanup
• Deodorization and Odor Control

Once police and investigators finish gathering all the evidence from a crime scene, they are not responsible for any of the actual sanitizing of the scene. When police release the crime scene area, the responsibility is with the owner of the property to procure biohazard cleaning services. The biohazard cleaning crew can only begin their work after police have permanently released the scene.

BOPIM Standard

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) posted a standard in 1991 to help guard all workers from possible dangers of blood or other potentially infectious materials (BOPIM). Hepatitis B virus, HIV, the 2019 Novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and many more are examples of Infectious pathogens.

The standard helps protect nearly 5.6 million workers in the healthcare industry and related occupations, which also includes biohazard remediation companies. Biohazard remediation falls within the scope of the BOPIM standard.

The BOPIM standard also has a few requirements, as follows:

• Proper handling, transport and disposal of hazardous medical waste materials
• Using appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Using work practice controls
• Conduct a Health and Safety Assessment (OSHA requirement)
• Record keeping
• Mandatory training
• Specific required vaccinations

More Common Biohazard Scenarios

• Coronavirus contamination
• Chemical hazards
• Animal waste or remains
• Hoarding scenes
• Blood and bodily fluid
• Suicide or death
• Crime or homicide scenes

Every occurrence that technicians need to work with or around potentially hazardous materials, it is quite a significant risk. Thus, adhering to safety procedures and the correct training is necessary. The importance of these guidelines are both for the employees and people who will later occupy the previously biohazard affected space. The technicians and residents depend on these safety guidelines. The safety of both technicians and residents from biohazard dangers is of utmost importance during and after the project.

Biohazard Cleanup Certification Requirements

It is not particularly necessary to obtain a certificate to become a biohazard technician. Although OSHA does require biohazard technicians to properly wear PPE when handling bloodborne pathogens. Also, you will want to check your local city, state, and federal regulators for certain licensing requirements, laws, background checks, fingerprinting, or any other procedures that may be required to perform remediation work. For example, the state of Georgia passed a law that involves companies providing restoration services related to trauma and crime scene cleanup.

Personal Protective Equipment or PPE stands as the final line of defense that helps keep workers safe. PPE prevents any hazardous materials from touching workers, through skin, eyes, nose, mouth, or any other exposure. The type of PPE does vary depending on the project, however, it should always include properly designated waterproof coveralls, nitrile gloves which are also cut resistant, full-face protection, and a respirator.

Reputable restoration companies offer biohazard restoration training for workers. Learning OSHA’s on-the-job safety processes for handling biohazard waste is a significant part in the coursework. The technician’s training greatly lessens the risk of potential lawsuits or injuries from accidents.

The PuroClean Process of Biohazard Cleanup

• The first step of the restoration crew is to inspect and identify all areas needing biohazard cleanup, perform a health and safety assessment, and identify the scope of the biohazard cleanup. When the technicians have a plan in place, restoration will start immediately
• All technicians will take measures to ensure their safety and that of anyone close to the biohazard affected areas.
• The PuroClean technicians will then eradicate and dispose of all possibly infectious materials from your property.
• OSHA regulations dictate exactly the way hazardous medical waste should be handled. For example: spinal fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, and any other bodily fluids are carefully handled and relocated to a licensed hazardous medical waste incinerator.
• According to state regulations and industry standards, technicians are required to eradicate porous materials like fabric and carpeting that cannot be properly cleaned.
• Non-porous items that can be salvaged will be cleansed with hospital grade disinfectants. If these items are unable to be restored, our technicians will cart off and dispose of these items.
• Following the cleaning procedures, technicians deodorize all affected areas and return these areas to pre-contamination condition and appearance. One procedure that proves areas are fully cleansed and ready again for occupancy is to have a licensed industrial Hygienist conduct clearance testing.
• Odors can normally be controlled by the eradication of unsalvageable contaminated materials and by cleaning items with hospital-grade cleaning products. However, difficult situations may call for additional procedures of deodorization to accomplish success.

Biohazard Cleanup Services Provided with Empathy

Whether you’re the customer, occupant or owner of the project location, PuroClean completely grasps the magnitude of suffering you’re going through. Our restoration specialists strive to be exceptionally empathetic and understanding so as not to enhance the sense of loss that is already felt. Biohazard restoration particularly can be especially traumatic. Therefore, all technicians empathize with all involved, showing the utmost compassion and respect throughout the cleanup process.

The PuroClean RapidDefense™ Program

PuroClean’s PuroClean RapidDefense™ Program is the most effective way to clean, which includes the application of EPA approved hospital-grade cleaning solutions in public areas. Our system helps stop the spread of pathogen-based illnesses, such as Influenza, Norovirus, and the 2019 Novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This procedure uses Environmental Protection Agency-registered, safe solutions to provide up to three months of barrier against pathogens. Contact us before an outbreak occurs to help you in creating a clean environment.

For Biohazard Cleaning Services, Call PuroClean!

When in need of biohazard restoration services, call the PuroClean professionals to clean and restore the contaminated areas. Our professionals use state-of-the-art tools and methods to effectively clean and restore the damage.

The quality of PuroClean’s remediation services, the quickness in which we deliver them, and the empathy we demonstrate during the process make PuroClean your perfect damage restoration company. We vow to do whatever it takes to fully clean, remediate and rescue properties in all the cities and towns we serve.

*As not all PuroClean offices offer biohazard cleaning services, please contact the PuroClean home office at 800-775-7876 to help you find a PuroClean location that may be able to help you.

Cleaning and the use of hospital grade disinfectants of high traffic touched objects and surfaces are the required actions to aid in stopping the spread of respiratory diseases, like coronavirus. Since any surface can be contaminated after cleaning, and because the coronavirus is also spread person-to-person, PuroClean’s cleaning services are not guaranteed to thwart the spread of coronavirus. Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html) for more information regarding coronavirus, its spread, and prevention.