Short answers
Common questions about biohazard cleanup
These are the things people ask most, answered briefly. Longer explanations are on the linked pages.
Before you call
Who cleans up after a crime or a death in a home?
Not the police and not the medical examiner. Once they release the property, cleaning is left to the owner or the family, who usually hire a private biohazard cleanup company.
When is the right time to call?
After the police have said the home or vehicle is released. You can phone earlier to ask questions, but no company can start while an investigation is using the room.
Is the number answered at night and on weekends?
Yes, it is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When a crew can come out is for the company to tell you.
What is the difference between bio hazard cleanup and ordinary cleaning?
Bio hazard cleanup, more often written biohazard cleanup, deals with blood, body fluids and what they have soaked into. It involves protective equipment, disinfectants registered for the purpose and disposal as biomedical waste. A maid service is not equipped for any of that.
The work itself
How long does a cleanup take?
A single room with a hard floor can take a few hours. A home where a death went unnoticed, or a hoarded property, can take several days. The company should give you its expectation in writing.
Will things have to be thrown away?
Usually some. Porous items that absorbed fluid, such as mattresses, carpet and upholstered chairs, cannot be made safe. Hard furniture, papers and valuables are normally cleaned and kept.
Do I have to be in the home while they work?
No. Most people prefer not to be. Arrange how the crew gets in, what must be kept and how they will reach you.
Does a company in Florida need a licence for this?
The Department of Health says it does not regulate cleanup procedures. It does register the companies that transport biomedical waste and publishes them by county. Checking that list is the one official check available.
Cost and payment
What does biohazard cleanup cost in Boca Raton?
There is no standard figure. Size of the area, time elapsed, materials to be removed, waste weight and access all change it. Ask for a written price after the company has seen the room.
Is there help with the cost after a crime?
Florida's Bureau of Victim Compensation includes crime scene cleanup in what it may pay toward. The crime has to have been reported promptly. The guide to who pays has the details.
Will my insurance pay?
Only your insurer or agent can say. Ask them before work begins, and ask what records they want.
About this service
Is Biohazard Cleanup Boca Raton a cleanup company?
No. It is a referral service. The number reaches an independent company. How it works explains the arrangement.
Which places do you cover?
Boca Raton and west Boca, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Deerfield Beach and some nearby towns. The service area page lists them.
Boca Raton and nearby
Nobody in the family has to clean this room
Wait until the officers and the medical examiner's investigator have finished. Shut the door on the room, let the air conditioning run, and pick up the phone once you feel able to talk it through.
Ready when the home is yours again
One number reaches an independent biohazard cleanup company working in south Palm Beach County. Describe the room in your own words. Hiring them is up to you.
Call (728) 500-1824Answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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