The scene of a death can be dangerous and traumatic. You need the help of a professional unattended death cleanup team.
Untrained individuals should never handle unattended death cleanup efforts. A crime scene, sudden traumatic death, unattended death clean up , body fluids and biological tissues create biohazards that the untrained are unprepared to clean up.
Blood, urine, feces, and any decomposition carry the risk of infectious disease. A single drop of body fluid can carry germs, disease, or bacteria that can remain dangerous for long periods of time. These substances require special EPA and OSHA approved handling and disposal.
Advanced Bio Treatment is a company of highly trained technicians that can effectively handle the death clean up according to EPA and OSHA regulations. In the case of one unattended death we were called to handle, the victim had suffered not only from a sickness of the body but also a sickness of the mind.
On the way out to the Baltimore, Maryland high rise apartment, I had quickly glanced over the work order. With no family to speak of, John Doe had apparently developed a taste for a certain risky behavior that had ended up helping him contracting a fatal, sexually transmitted virus.
The report also told me that John had not had an easy death and alone, in his apartment, as the disease ravaged his mind and body, he withdrawn from society.
In cases like these, we often see that a person will pull away from all family and friends, if there were any to begin with, and literally cocoon themselves inside their home, which end up reaching all levels of indescribable, filthy, putrid states by the time we are called to clean up.
All the different factors of this cleanup definitely made it imperative to hire trained experts in the decontamination and remediation of bio-hazardous cleanups. We will work with your insurance company to find the right procedures for your specific needs.
We guarantee to put back in order that which will never be the same again. Once the buildings super led us up three flights of stairs to the front portal of the apartment, he shook his head and refused to go any further. So taking it as a sign things were bad, we geared up.
Once inside the home, we had our work cut out for us. John had gotten violently ill in his final days, and the smell of vomit mixed with other bodily fluids to create a noxious odor. We wear non breathable decon suits and full masks to protect us. I’m always thankful for that later between me and the job.
His illness had caused episodes of violent coughing, and bloody mucus could be found everywhere around the home, as could piles of used tissues.
He had fallen in the bathroom, and struck his head, which although it was not a fatal injury, it had been a messy one and had been allowed to go uncleaned for a number of months.
So we got to it. We thoroughly wrap any material that has any evidence of contaminates and out is disposed of properly in specially marked biohazardous waste containers. You don’t want that stuff going to the curb or to a regular landfill.
Then we completely remove all furniture before cleaning, sanitizing and finally setting up an Ozone machine to eliminate odors and pathogens on a molecular level. Only then are we sure our job is done.
Unfortunately for John D., like many of the calls we are called out to, his life’s possessions were never claimed. Always so sad to me, how entire life stories can simply be packed into garbage bags and wiped away like the blood we had only just cleaned up. Gone forever, no trace or reminder left behind.
It truly makes you conscious of the important things in life… the things you can’t buy, also can’t be hauled away on the back of a waste truck.
If you need scene clean-up and decontamination guidance, have questions about your payment options, which clean up and decon procedures your current insurance policy covers or require our scene cleanup services immediately, don’t hesitate to give Advanced Bio Treatment a call at: 800-295-1684
