Los Angeles Crime Scene Cleanup
Crime Scene Cleanup Cronyism Graphic Are you being well served by your local government when death scene cleaning is needed? Are you paying exceedingly high prices for a business owner's connection to government employees? Some cities, county coroners, county medical examiners, and county administrators refer the public to death scene cleaners. If one or more cleaning companies are not referred by these local governments, then your local government is creating a quasi-monopoly. Your local govenment is also thwarting competition and the public good. The referring employee may receive money for handing you the telephone numbers that you received. Or, it may be that the referring employee has a friend or relative that owns the companies that you were referred to call for cleaning help. Possibly, the referring employee owns part or all of the companies that you were referred to for cleaning. Catching this type of cronyism is quite hard, especially when local governments would rather ignore crony employees than create a firewall between them and you. There are a number of ways that cronyism occurs in local governments. If you suspect that you are being victimized by cronyism, then shop around. Crony companies cannot survive in an open and free market. Why should they receive government welfare at your expense? Cronyism is unethical and thwarts free enterprise. (return to My Fees are Fixed Eddie Evans Crime Scene Cleanup Blood and Biohazard CleanupFor our purposes, biohazards may be infected blood or tissue from crime scenes, suicides, and unattended deaths. Such infectious envirments must be isolated until all cleaning, disinfecting, and removal is carried out. Extreme hygienic exaggeration should be used by the novice as well as the professional. Always clean biohazardous environments as if cleaning for a toddler's use. Never remove biohazardous material without wearing gloves. "For cleaning blood or bloody fluids from floors, bed, etc., you can use household rubber gloves." Wear protection over eyes, nose, and mouth. Have a safe means of exit and a place to decontaminate yourself and clothing. Blood as a biohazard will consist of wet or moist blood, or dried flakey (sabbing) blood. Adding chemicals to blood, something like bleach, will either destroy the blood or destroy its source of food or both. Bleach will begin to break down once in contact with blood, or any other organic matter. Dried blood that flakes may easily become aerosolized if mishandled. Contact with airborne blood places the cleaner at risk of infectious disease. Before removing, moisten flaking (scabbing) blood. Cause it not to become airborne. Cover flaked blood with paper towels and lightly mosten with a disinfectant (bleach) from afar. Use a spray bottle while making wide, misting applications to the paper towels' surface. Before removing blood, ensure that it is moist enough not to flake, but not dripping. Dry paper towels may be used to contain wet blood. Allow towels to dwell until dry. Flush in small quantities, or gently place inside two thick plastic bags. Seal tightly with duct tape. Directly dispose of in a landfill. Dripping wet blood is considered biohazardous and universally considered infectious until proven otherwise. Contain blood from afar; disinfect it. Pour blood down the sanitary sewer if you are not going to seal it for transfer. Thoroughly wash hands. See Blood Cleanup 1, blood cleanup 2, and blood cleanup 3. General. Universal precautions shall be observed to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials. Under circumstances in which differentiation between body fluid types is difficult or impossible, all body fluids shall be considered potentially infectious materials. (return) Useful disinfectants may be found here: Blood Spills: see index at http://www.bccdc.org/downloads/pdf/epid/reports/CDManual_ Vinegar: http://www.apple-cider-vinegar-benefits.com/vinegar-as-a-disinfectant.html The Center for Disease Control recommends using chemicals or autoclave to decontaminate. This recommendation is made in the context of laboratory work. In the home, on the crime scene, my philosophy is not to tolerate biowaste that may be biohazardous. I destroy and/or encapsulate any offending materials. I see no point in exposing anyone to needlessly exposing anyone to pathogens. Household bleach is a wonderful, but very
corrosive disinfectant. It is a "midrange disinfectant." Bleach has a
wide bacterial killing spectrum. It is inexpensive and found on most
market shelves. However, bleach is extremely dangerous in the presence
of acids, including urine. Open bleach bottles lose their strength; it
loses strength when applied to organic material, like blood and
decomposing matter. Bleach must be used cautiously, wisely. (return)
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Crime Scene Cleanup Odors - Miasma
Violent deaths usually involve a great loss of blood and tissue, OPIM (Other Potentially Infectious Materials). The loss of blood and tissue, the environmental conditions, and other circumstances will aid in the production of offensive death scene odors, miasma.
Sometimes miasma lingers because of poor ventilation, Sometimes miasma will linger because it has permeated porous materials: fabrics, paper, wood, and more.
We do our best to remove the odors associated with crime scenes and other death scenes. However, removing the source material will not always return the scene to its pre-incident condition for some time. Time and heavy ventilation, and removal of miasma permeated materials will help return the scene to a more "normal" condition.
We can apply chemicals to help increase miasma's departure from the scene, but even chemicals have their limits. Ask about our odor control policies and methods if this is a concern. My fees are fixed for individuals as well as insurance companies. Fees are based upon the following:
I work alone. I do not have employees. So I have no employee pension plans, medical insurance, workman's compensation, or payroll to pay. My costs are for restoring death scenes, which includes my insurance, vehicles, and equipment. I do not need to charge exorbitant fees to cover my costs during down times. And the only crime scene cleanup companies without "down time" are crony companies, anyway. Really, how could it be otherwise? See Crime Scene Cleanup Prices if you want to read more.
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