Seven situations
Situations a biohazard cleanup company handles
The details differ, but the question is the same each time: who makes the place safe once the emergency is over. Pick the page nearest to what you are facing.
Phone picked up day and night, every day of the week
- Crime scene and traumaAfter a shooting, a stabbing or an assault, once the police have released the scene.What happens next
- Unattended deathSomeone died alone and days or weeks went by before anyone knew.How it is handled
- SuicideSo that no relative or friend has to be the one who cleans the room.Read this first
- Blood and bodily fluidsA fall, an accident or a medical emergency that left blood on floors, carpet or furniture.What it involves
- Hoarding with biohazardsA crowded home where waste, spoiled food or animal mess has built up among the belongings.Where it starts
- Infectious disease disinfectionCleaning and disinfecting rooms after an illness or contact with body fluids.What to ask for
- VehiclesBlood or other fluids in the seats, carpet or trunk of a car, pickup or van.Before you drive it
If none of these fits
Call anyway and describe it. The cleanup company will tell you plainly whether it is their kind of work. A sewage backup or storm water, for example, is a job for a water damage company instead.
If you are unsure whether something is safe to touch, treat it as if it isn't until someone who does this for a living has looked.
High Point and the Triad towns nearby
Nobody in the family should have to clean that room
Give them the address and one sentence about what took place. They will want to know if the officers and the medical examiner are done there, and then they will describe their approach.
When you are ready, call.
Whoever picks up is with a separately owned local firm that does biohazard and trauma cleaning around High Point. Listen to their plan and their price. Whether you hire them is up to you.
Call (743) 256-4780Phone picked up day and night, every day of the week
Your conversation may be recorded. The referral disclosure says who pays for this service, and the privacy policy covers what is kept.