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Cleaning Methods

Cleaning Blood from Carpet – the wrong way!

Written by LeatherNeck on Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Bio-Trauma 911, Inc. was recently contacted by a family who recently lost a loved one who committed suicide.  According to the family, they hired a crime scene cleanup company to remove the biohazards resulting from the shotgun suicide.  Unfortunately, even though the crime scene cleanup company had thoroughly cleaned the carpet, blood was slowly returning [...]

Contaminated Personal Property

Written by LeatherNeck on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Having recently experienced a house fire that destroyed a good portion of my personal belongings, I thought it fitting to discuss personal belongings as it relates to crime scene cleanup. During the crime scene cleanup process or any cleanup process following a trauma or accident involving blood or bodily fluids, technicians will come across contaminated [...]

Combustible Dust | Crime Scene Cleanup

Written by LeatherNeck on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Today, I leaned a new term “Combustible Dust”.  I didn’t believe it at first . . . how can dust explode.  But, after further investigation, I’m convinced it’s true.  Granted, I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, and many of you may already be experts on this subject, but here is some [...]

Concrete & Blood – Like Oil and Water

Written by LeatherNeck on Saturday, April 5th, 2008

How many times have we been tasked with removing blood from concrete?  Just like oil and water, the two will never be happy with each other.  We steam and wipe, we lay down absorbant material, we steam and wipe . . . over and over again.  Finally, we lay a barrier and call it a [...]