Accidents, falls and medical emergencies
Blood and bodily fluid cleanup in Medford
A bad fall in the bathroom. A kitchen injury. A relative on blood thinners who was hurt and waited hours for help. The ambulance leaves and the floor is still as it was. When there is more than you can safely deal with, call to reach an independent cleanup company near Medford.
Phones are picked up day and night, all week
Can we handle this ourselves?
Probably, if
- it is a small amount, the size of a dinner plate or less
- it sits on a hard, sealed surface such as tile, vinyl or a countertop
- you have gloves and a household disinfectant, and you follow its label
Call a company when
- it has soaked into carpet, a mattress, a sofa or bare wood
- it reached the gaps between floorboards, under baseboards or into a floor vent
- there is more than a few paper towels would lift
- you do not know whose blood it is, or the person has a known infection
Why soaked-in blood is a different job
OSHA names hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among the germs that human blood can carry. On a countertop, wiping and disinfecting reaches them. Inside carpet pad or the foam of a cushion, it does not.
A cleanup company cuts out and removes what absorbed the blood, cleans the hard surface beneath, and disinfects it. Sometimes that means a square of carpet. Sometimes it means the pad, the tack strip and a coat of sealer on the subfloor.
At a shop, an office or a rental
An employer cannot simply hand a worker a mop. The federal bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) expects an exposure control plan, protective equipment and training for employees who may come into contact with blood.
For most small businesses and landlords it is simpler to bring in a company whose workers already have all of that. Property owners can read cleanup in rental property.
Vomit, urine and feces
The same companies clean up other bodily fluids after an illness, a seizure or a death that was found quickly. Tell them what it is and roughly how much.
A sewer line that backed up through a drain is another trade. That is water damage work, and a biohazard company may send you elsewhere for it.
Blood cleanup questions
Is bleach enough?
On a hard, sealed surface, a disinfectant used the way its label says is the normal household answer. Bleach does nothing for blood that has gone into padding or wood, and it can ruin the surface around it.
The stain is old and dry. Does it still matter?
Tell the company how old it is. Dried blood in porous material is still removed the same way, and an old stain under carpet is often larger than the mark on top.
Will the company replace the carpet?
Usually not. Cleanup companies remove and clean; a flooring installer puts the new material in. Ask for the measurements of what was taken out so the installer can price it.
No rush, no pressure
A Rogue Valley cleanup business is a phone call away
Begin with the street and a sentence about the trouble. From there the business asks its own questions, lays out the work it has in mind and names a figure. Going ahead, or not, is left entirely with you.
Pick up the phone when it suits you
You will be speaking with a Rogue Valley cleanup business that has no ties to this website beyond the referral. There is no script to follow. Tell it your way.
Call (541) 210-5322Phones are picked up day and night, all week
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