Homicide Clean up What is Involved

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Homicide Clean upWhat is Involved?
A homicide is the killing of one person by
another person and may be viewed as an
unfortunate act or justifiable. Murder and
homicide are two different things as murder is
usually considered a criminal act. When the
crime scene investigation is finished and
everyone has finished his or her work at the
scene of the homicide it is time to do a homicide
clean up of what is left behind. Most of these
scenes involve various matter from the body such
as bodily fluid so it is usually not a good scene
to clean up. Depending on the crime, it can take
an hour to several days to clean the scene
completely to look as if a homicide never
occurred there. There are a variety of jobs done
at the homicide scene.
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Homicide Clean upWhat is Involved?
When working as a member of the clean up team it
can be a messy scene so you will need a strong
stomach to work for them. Many members of the
team will have a medical background so they are
accustomed to gore and blood. Some members may
also have a background in construction or
carpentry so they would help with any
reconstruction that is needed. One example is
when the blood seeps through the carpet,
penetrating the wood underneath. After the
carpet is torn up these specialists in
construction or carpentry can replace the
floorboards to ensure that there are no illnesses
or blood borne viruses can be transferred to ones
in the home after it has been cleaned.
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Homicide Clean upWhat is Involved?
When doing homicide clean up everyone on the team
must wear special equipment to protect themselves
from any contamination at the clean up scene.
Normally they will use gloves, non-porous suits
that are disposable, goggles, and respirators.
All of these safety equipment will be disposed of
after the job is finished. All of the leftover
bodily material like brain matter, blood, or skin
has to be collected and then transported to a
special site so it can be incinerated. The clean
up team has to have the proper permits and
required training. They will also use special
and common equipment such as
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Homicide Clean upWhat is Involved?
Various cleaners such as hospital strength
bleach Mops Brooms Putty knives to clean
up brain matter that can quickly harden but if
the putty knives do not do the job there is a
special machine that has to be used to melt the
brain matter so it can be picked up Shovels for
cleaning up congealed blood A special ozone
machine to eliminate the pungent orders that come
from decomposition To ensure that the cleaning
chemicals have penetrated a variety of surfaces
they may use a fogger machine.
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Homicide Clean upWhat is Involved?
Bio-One Chicago are your crime scene cleaners
dedicated to assisting law enforcement, public
service agencies and property owners/managers in
restoring property that has been contaminated as
a result of crime, disaster or misuse. From
traumatic injury cleaning to hazardous waste
disposal we are the experts in such events.
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