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Police, fire department and the crime-scene investigators who arrive at a crime scene first have crucial tasks in the aftermath of a violent death. But they do not clean up. Cleaning up after someone who dies violently is the responsibility of that person's family and or business owner. Until recently, there were very few cleaning companies that would handle that kind of job, so the family and business owners were left with having to do it themselves. If ever there were a situation begging for capitalism to step in and take over, this was it.

Crime scene cleanup is a niche market within the cleaning industry. It's called CTS Decon crime and trauma scene decontamination and it involves cleaning up dangerous material. This could mean the biologically contaminated scene of a violent death (homicide, suicide or accidental) or the chemically contaminated scene of a methamphetamine lab or anthrax-exposure site. Crime-scene cleaners come in and restore the scene to its pre-incident state.

When a violent death occurs in someone's home or business, it's our crime scene technicians job to remove any sign of what happened. In addition, this process could include the removal of any biohazards that resulted from such an incident. Federal regulations deem all bodily fluids to be biohazards, so any blood or tissue at a crime scene is considered a potential source of infection.

All T.E.I. Crime Scene Technicians have special training in handling biohazardous material and to know what to look for at a crime scene, if there's a small amount of bloodstain on the carpet, there's a good chance that there's bloodstains on the floorboards underneath. You can't just clean the carpet and call the scene restored. There are must have permits to transport and dispose of biohazardous waste. Our technicians that clean up crime scenes have all of the necessary permits and training.

How Trauma Decontamination Works

Trauma scene cleaner technicians are professionals who assist families and businesses by cleaning up bodily fluids or body tissue after a homicide, suicide or accident. Technicians are trained to use industrial cleaning materials and dispose of bio-hazardous waste. Their job includes cleaning bodily fluids and tissue such as bone or organ fragments from all surfaces. Technicians use industrial grade chemicals, wet and dry vacuums and scrub brushes to clean. They often replace areas of walls or floors that are soaked with fluid. When they've finished cleaning, technicians frequently use professional strength odor removers, air purifiers and ozone machines to leave the area smelling clean. Crime scene cleaner’s charges by the hour for their service, and most people would pay a lot more.

You need special knowledge to safely handle biohazardous material and to know what to look for at the scene for instance, if there's a thumbnail-size bloodstain on the carpet, there's a good chance that there's more blood. You can't just clean the carpet and call it a day. You also need permits to transport and dispose of biohazardous waste. Not all Companies that clean up crime scenes have all of the necessary permits, training and, perhaps most important, willingness to handle material.

Exposure to biological and chemical contaminants can pose serious health consequences. A failure to properly remove such substances can contribute to unhealthy and dangerous environments. T.E.I. Professionals are trained to safely remove biohazardous substances and dispose of them properly in accordance with OSHA and health regulations. Equipped with the necessary safety apparatus and cleaning products, T.E.I. Professionals help turn unsafe environments into clean, safe homes and offices.

T.E.I. Professionals remove and dispose of bodily fluids, tissue and other potentially pathogenic substances resulting from accident, trauma, crime or death. Trained Professionals clean, disinfect and deodorize the structure. From fingerprint powder and evidence-gathering chemicals to tear gas and pepper spray residues, we can clean and restore your property after a crime scene investigation. We realize’s many of the chemicals used in the production of illegal drugs such as methamphetamine are volatile and can leave harmful residues throughout a structure. Our Professionals follow federal and state guidelines to properly clean all surfaces. We also provide general vandalism cleanup for graffiti and deodorization services for situations involving spoiled foods and human and animal waste.

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The technician job is to remove any sign of what happened and any biohazards that result from such an incident. Federal regulations deem all bodily fluids to be biohazards, so any blood or tissue at a crime scene is considered a potential source of infection. You need special knowledge to safely handle biohazardous material and to know what to look for at the scene.

Each type of cleanup scene comes with its own unique horrors, none of which seem to bother the team of T.E.I. In the case of a violent death, there are bodily fluids to deal with, each tiny drop carrying germs, bacteria and, possibly, infectious diseases. In something like a suicide where a person cuts his wrists or shoots himself in the head, there's tons of blood; But no matter how much of it there is, our technician have to approach it as if it were carrying bloodborne pathogens like HIV, hepatitis, herpes, E.coli and hantavirus.

The thing about crime-scene cleanup, is that the scene has to be truly clean, not just apparently clean. In addition to the infection that can result from bloodborne pathogens, any bodily fluids that remain in floors, carpets, baseboards or walls can lead to mold, bacteria and fungus, which can cause sickness months or years later.

To truly clean the scene of a messy homicide, suicide, accidental death or undiscovered death and restore the area to its previous state can take days sometime. It all depends on the "degree of trauma" and the amount of biohazardous material at the site. We use a special grade disinfectant to wipe or scrub every drop of blood off of all surfaces, including counters, ceilings, walls, light fixtures, little glass trinkets, family pictures, artwork and appliances. we scrape brain matter off of walls and collect any bone fragments embedded in the drywall. we rip out and discard any blood-soaked carpeting and get rid of any blood-soaked upholstery, window treatments or rugs. Sometimes, we need to collect and remove small pieces of the body -- the coroner takes most of it, but if it was a particularly violent death, there may parts left behind.