After a death, an assault or a serious incident at a workplace or a property. The area is cleaned once police have released it, with full PPE, affected materials sealed and disposed of lawfully, and the space returned to use.
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The scope
The scope is written after we've seen the area. It lists what's cleaned, what's removed and how the waste is handled, and it goes only to the people you name.
Every trauma clean
Sometimes needed
How we do it
Before work starts
Nothing is touched until police have finished and released the scene. We then walk the area with the site contact, decide what can be cleaned and what has to come out, and write it down. Staff, residents and family don't need to be in the room.
The clean
Porous materials that have absorbed fluids, like carpet, underlay and soft furnishings, are cut out and bagged. Hard surfaces are cleaned first, then disinfected and left wet for the contact time on the product label. Everyone in the area wears full PPE.
Waste
Contaminated material is bagged or boxed in the work area, sealed, labelled and handed to a licensed collector for disposal. Sharps go into rigid sharps containers. The record shows the areas and tasks, without detail anyone else needs to see.
In and out
Time-stamped on arrival and when the visit closes.
Ticked
Each area marked done against the scope you signed off.
Photographed
The areas that matter, finished. Faults flagged with a photo.
Questions
Once police have released the scene and, at a workplace, SafeWork SA has finished with the site if the incident was notifiable. Call and we'll come out to scope it. Until then, keep the area closed and don't try to clean it yourself.
Not from us. The details stay between JC and the people you name. At a business, the work can be done outside opening hours, and the record notes the areas and tasks without graphic detail.
Sometimes. Porous items that have absorbed fluids usually can't be made safe and are removed. Hard furniture and sealed floors can often be cleaned and disinfected. The scope lists each item, so you know before work starts.
We'd rather they didn't. The work needs PPE and a closed area, and it's not something anyone close to what happened should have to see. Someone can be on hand by phone to answer questions or make decisions about belongings.
Shopping centres, car parks, venues and offices can be cleaned out of hours with the area screened off. Blood or body fluids in a public space are handled like any other biohazard: PPE, clean, disinfect, sealed waste.
We'll come out to scope it, talk you through what's cleaned and what's removed, and send a written scope before any work starts.