Cleaning after illness
Infectious disease disinfection
After a serious illness in a home, a care setting or a business, some people want a thorough cleaning and disinfection done by people with the gear and products for it. An independent company can explain what it would use and why.
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What to ask about products
Disinfectants sold in the US are registered by the Environmental Protection Agency, which reviews the label claims for each germ. A product only counts for a germ named on its label.
Ask which product the company plans to use and whether its label covers the illness in question.
Ask about contact time: how long the surface has to stay wet for the product to work. A quick wipe is usually not enough.
Other situations
- Crime scene and trauma cleanupAfter an assault, a shooting or a break-in with injuries, once police release the home.
- Unattended death cleanupWhen someone died alone and was not found for some time.
- Suicide cleanupGentle, practical help for the room, so family members do not have to do it.
- Blood and bodily fluid cleanupFalls, injuries and illness that left blood or fluids on floors, walls or furniture.
- Hoarding cleanup with biohazardsPacked homes where animal or human waste, spoiled food or mold make it unsafe.
- Vehicle biohazard cleanupBlood or bodily fluids in a car, truck or van, after police release it.
Appleton and the Fox Cities
Talk it through before you decide
You do not need to know the right words. Describe the room and what happened, and ask what the company would do first.
When the home has been released
Call and say what happened, in your own words. An independent cleanup company will explain what the work involves. You decide whether to go ahead.
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