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When Should You Call Professionals for Biohazard Cleaning?

5/29/2021 (Permalink)

When Should You Call Professionals for Biohazard Cleaning? If you have or suspect biohazard issues in your home, don't hesitate to call SERVPRO of Fairfax, Vienna, & Oakton at 703-281-2388!

In many situations, it is essential to call professional biohazard remediation specialists to visit the site. You should not go ahead and start cleaning a place with some biological contamination. Biohazard cleaning is not just using the mop and broom.

Biohazard clean-up requires proper tools, equipment, and trained personnel. Here are some situations in which you should contact expert biohazard remediation specialists.

  1. Presence of blood: If the spot of a biohazard mishap contains blood in a massive amount, then you should contact a specialist. Such situations can arise due to homicides, suicides, or accidents at home or the workplace.
  1. Hoarding: As a result of a severe mental illness, hoarding is a cause of concern. The condition of a person who hoards cannot be determined. Human feces, dead animal carcasses, cockroaches, and mold are commonly present in a hoarder’s house. All this should be treated as biohazards and must be cleaned by professionals.
  1. Animal Waste: Animal feces, carcasses, or other biological waste is the breeding ground for many harmful pathogens and viruses. If this waste starts accumulating at a specific spot, then it can cause some serious health hazards. You should immediately contact professionals to ensure the breeding ground is cleared.
  1. Harmful Viruses: The coronavirus pandemic has proved to everyone what a minute virus can do to the world. Situations, where a person is undergoing a viral infection or bacterial infection, should not be handled by anyone from the family. You should call a biohazard remediation specialist such as SERVPRO in Fairfax.

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