TRAUMA & ACCIDENT CLEANING


Trained For Trauma


I t’s not an easy role to train technicians in eaching them to prepare for stomach-wrenching scenes of b lood,


v omit, faeces and other b io-haz ards in an unknown location, which was most likely the scene of quite a gruesome crime, is not a simple task hats why we start our training programme dealing with the psychological aspects of trauma cleans; we look at whether technicians are willing and ab le to perform this serv ice and prepare them for hat they may see, hear and smell


T hey then learn the skills of people management, liaising with griev ing family memb ers or hotel staff that may have itnessed the incident fter this comes the rst rule hen on-site, protect yourself; we adv ise all technicians to b e fully protected with H epatitis B and T etanus j ab s, and ensure that they wear personal protective euipment n every ob, dangers of H I V and v iruses from


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b io-haz ards are v ery real, which is hy e ensure their safety is put rst he nal piece of the pule is the cleaning process and the disposal of waste and dangerous items, such as needles and other sharp obects


H av ing b een inv olv ed in cleaning trauma scenes for ov er 5 5 years,


S erv iceMaster Clean understands the demands of this expert service With customers in the hotel b usiness, the insurance industry and priv ate residences, each j ob is totally different b ut must b e handled in the same ay safely and methodically We offer this serv ice so that our customers don’t hav e to put themselves or their staff in danger


T he call for a j ob can come from a numb er of different sources and at any time of the day Being prepared is the key when it comes to doing the


j ob properly, especially in the early hours of the morning f the call is


A call from a priv ate residence may well b e a much a simpler j ob and therefore, more controllable


S erv iceMaster Clean was recently called to a b udget hotel where a guest had taken their own life in the bathroom Before commencing ork, the technicians cleared the hotel room of people and donned protectiv e suits, glov es, goggles and masks,


b efore commencing the application of a specic product for the control of bio-haards nitially, this is applied to the atmosphere to reduce the risks from airb orne matter and then progressiv ely further down until it


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It’s a role that requires expert training and preparation. Facing an unknown, traumatic scene at a moment’s notice and then cleaning it up as if it never took place, is not a job for the faint-hearted, as ServiceMaster Clean’s Paul Bartle explains.


from the police, you know it’s likely to


b e a crime scene and therefore more people will b e onsite; the more people onsite, the higher the chance of infectious materials b eing transferred to other parts of the building lso, the time delay for any inv estigation allows bacteria and viruses time to multiply


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