Trauma Cleanup

7/14/2021 (Permalink)

When accidents or traumas occur, involving blood and other biohazards, SERVPRO is the trusted professional people trust. SERVPRO is here to provide safe, professional, cleaning services to ensure your home is restored safely to preloss conditions.

It is extremely important to handle biohazard cleanup with care. If not handled properly, you expose yourself and your family to potentially life-threatening diseases.

Should you or someone you know suffer from a trauma we strongly urge you to immediately call the professionals at SERVPRO. In the meantime here are a few tips on how to contain the damage until help arrives. 

1. Notify SERVPRO immediately of the hazard.
2. Put on two layers of gloves. Put on splash goggles.
3. Prepare disinfectant.
4. If no sharps/broken glass move on to Step 7.
5. Using tongs or forceps, place broken glass/sharps in sharps container. Use dust pan and broom for shattered glass.
6. Cover the spill area with absorbent materials such as Green-Z, paper towels, SSS clean-up powder.
7. Remove the absorbent material. If using a powder or solidifier, use tongues, or dustpan and broom. Dispose of all absorbent materials and tools into a biohazard bag or garbage bag until SERVPRO arrives.
8. Spray/apply disinfectant to the contaminated area and wait appropriate contact time.
9. Remove disinfectant with paper towels and place the paper towels in the biohazard bag for disposal. If using Sani-Cloth wipes, allow for surface to air dry.
10. Repeat step 9 and 10 to allow for sufficient disinfection of contaminated surfaces.
11. Remove the outer pair of gloves only and dispose of them in the biohazard bag.
12. Remove goggles with inner gloves still on and disinfect goggles and any other items utilized in the spill response. If preferred, dispose of goggles in a biohazard bag.
13. Remove inner gloves and dispose of them in a biohazard bag.
14. Place the biohazard bag in a biohazardous waste container for treatment and disposal.
15. Wash your hands with soap and water as soon as possible.

Do not attempt to clean up biohazards on your own. This should be done by trained professionals.

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