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Health Hazards        OSHA          Disposal          Procedures          Costs      Methods of payment       Law Enforcement

Information contained in the video:

 Area

We provide biohazard decontamination services for all of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma.

Our Purpose

Our objective here is to offer information for anyone who might come into contact with someone needing help

due to a traumatic experience or hazardous event.  Our services are available not only because of risks in cleaning these types of conditions, but also because of the emotional anguish involved in having to deal with the physical aspects of such circumstances.

Biohazard Situations

We specialize in professional decontamination and removals due to Suicides, homicides, Human and animal decomposition, Automobile contamination, Gross filth situations, Industrial accidents, Meth labs, and crime scene investigation materials such as fingerprint dust and luminal.

Health Hazards

Our purpose is to properly decontaminate scenes of potentially infectious materials so that no one will be exposed

to a health hazard.  Public awareness of potential health hazards is a serious concern for us.  Life threatening diseases such as AIDS and Hepatitis A-E and G can be transmitted through blood, bodily fluids and tissue.  Sometimes we are dealing with victims known to be AIDS-infected – but all scenes must be assumed to be infected and proper precautions must be taken at all times.  Airborne pathogens may also be present which could be transmitted by breathing contaminated air.

Safety of the Technicians

(OSHA – the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has developed guidelines which determine how contaminated situations should be handled by our technicians for their safety.)  When in situations presenting serious health risks to our technicians, we wear personal protective equipment. (PPE)  This includes special protective suits, two pair of heavy duty gloves, booties to protect our feet, face shields, respirators to prevent inhaling contaminated particles, and  also sweat bands. Inside the suit it becomes very hot and uncomfortable very quickly.  As any of this protective equipment becomes heavily contaminated, it must be removed and replaced with clean gear.  The contaminated items are disposed in a biohazard “red box.”

Disposal of Biohazard Material

The presence of blood, bodily fluids, or other potentially infectious (biohazard) materials on any item or surface constitutes “contamination.” Such regulated waste must be placed in special red bags then placed in special boxes which are delivered to a special disposal company for proper incineration.  Bed linens, pillows, cut out pieces of carpet and mattresses as well as all recovered human tissue are some of the usual “red boxed” items.  For some jobs several red boxes may be required.

Procedures

When we are dealing with blood or tissue on a mattress or carpet, we cut out all the contaminated areas.  At this scene we removed areas on both sides of the mattress.  If there is any blood or fluids on the box springs, we must remove that too.  Also, all contaminated areas must be cut out of carpet and padding.  A small area of blood on a carpet can be much larger on the padding and the sub floor. Both wood and cement are very porous, so the sub floor must be carefully treated, and sometimes also sealed.  In one case the contamination had seeped into a crack in the concrete sub floor.  We had to saw out the crack to properly decontaminate, then seal the concrete.  Usually, then, we haul off the decontaminated bed and carpets to a landfill for disposal.

If there is blood on walls, we must disinfect those areas.  If any blood or tissue is on a textured ceiling we will cover the floor with plastic and scrape all the texture from the affected areas, then decontaminate.  We may also need to paint a sealer on some areas. We use indicator fluid, as well as a special light to identify any further need for treatment.

When a shotgun has been involved, blood and tissue can be splattered down hallways and projected into several rooms.  This may not be immediately obvious, but our technicians are trained to search for all possible contamination.  Everything that could possibly be affected must be checked.  Sometimes this involves hundreds of items.  If a knick knack cannot be decontaminated, it should be discarded in a red box.

Gross filth is a situation where a person is living in an unsanitary situation.  This might involve someone with a mental or physical illness, or the elderly who are simply unable to maintain clean living conditions.

Biohazard Clean-up

We strongly recommend that trained professionals be used for such clean up.  Families of victims and janitorial services who are untrained may put themselves at risk as well as others.  A contaminated scene should be cleaned as soon as possible.  Biological materials begin to break down very quickly and release unpleasant odors.

Factors Determining Cost

We have several techs on call and we work from this specially equipped truck where we maintain ample supplies of everything we could possibly need.  Our trailer is necessary for hauling large items a client might want removed, like mattresses, carpets and furniture which are disposed in at a landfill or in a private dumpster.  This is all part of our normal overhead.

Additional primary factors in determining the cost of a job are:

The time the job will require and the number of technicians

The distance and time required to get to the job

And the number of red boxes and amount of equipment that will be necessary

Equipment

This is what we keep in our work truck.  We have all of our personal protective equipment as well as our hospital grade disinfectants and odorcides. We have our regular vacuum cleaner, also our HEPA vac, which stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air.  Also we have several sizes of  ladders for reaching high places and ceilings…we also have our high-powered airless paint sprayer which is used to decontaminate jail cells as well as large areas of contamination using odorcides or hospital grade disinfectant.  These are our red bags that are sealed up and placed in red boxes.  Each red box cannot exceed 30 pounds.   Several red boxes may be needed for different jobs. 

Bonded and Insured

Anubis is bonded and insured.  We can be reached anytime, 7 days a week at metro 817-825-8781.   We will visit the scene as soon as possible when we are contacted and our policy is to schedule a job as soon as the client wishes and our schedule permits, which is often within 24 hours.  We work with insurance companies, property management companies, law enforcement agencies and crime victim assistance organizations as well as with businesses and individuals.

Methods of Payment

We accept checks and credit cards, as well as cash.

Privacy Policy

We make every effort to protect the privacy of our clients.  Signs are usually removed from our truck when we are at a work site and our policy is to never communicate with  neighbors or the media.

Insurance

In cases covered by insurance, we will assist in filing a claim. (The client is only responsible for the deductible in covered cases.)

Law Enforcement - Special Consideration

We give special consideration on jobs for police and sheriff’s departments and the immediate families of law enforcement officers.

If you have any questions, please give me a call at metro 817-825-8781 for further information on our business.

What does “Anubis” mean?

Anubis, our namesake, is the Egyptian mythological spirit who leads the souls of the departed to a place of peace and tranquility.

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