Accidents, falls, medical emergencies
Blood and bodily fluid cleanup in Yonkers
Nobody died and no crime was committed, but there is far more blood than you expected, or vomit, or worse, and it is on something that cannot go in a washing machine. That is an ordinary reason to call.
Phone answered at every hour, weekends and holidays included
A wipe, or a call
Usually fine to handle yourself
A few drops on tile, sealed wood or a countertop, from someone in your own household, cleaned up the same day with gloves on.
Better left to a company
Blood that has run under a baseboard or between floorboards. Anything soaked into carpet, a mattress or a sofa. A stairwell, lobby or elevator that other people use. Fluid from a person you do not know.
Why dried blood still counts
Blood does not become harmless when it dries. The CDC says the hepatitis B virus stays infectious on surfaces for at least seven days, and a stain can be older than it looks.
Cleaning the visible mark is only the first half. The surface then has to stay wet with a disinfectant for the time printed on its label. The EPA keeps a list of products registered against bloodborne viruses, called List S, and a company should be able to tell you which one it uses.
Porous materials are different. Disinfectant does not reach the middle of a carpet pad or a mattress, so those are cut out or taken away.
Have these answers ready
- What the surface is: tile, hardwood, carpet, concrete, fabric.
- Roughly how large an area, compared with something familiar such as a doormat or a bed.
- How long ago it happened.
- Whether it is inside one home or in a shared part of the building.
- Whether anything has already been used on it, bleach in particular.
- Who will be there to open the door.
Blood cleanup questions
The paramedics were here. Don't they clean up?
No. Ambulance crews treat the patient and go. Dressings, gloves and whatever was on the floor stay where they fell.
Is other body fluid treated the same way?
Broadly, yes. Vomit, urine and feces are removed, the surface is cleaned and then disinfected, and anything that soaked it up is replaced.
Once the police hand the home back, phone
The person who answers works for an independent cleanup firm active in and around Yonkers. Put any question to them. Whether to hire them is up to you.
Phone answered at every hour, weekends and holidays included
Calls can be recorded. How that works: privacy, and how this service is paid.