My job is to remove the death scene's biohazards and related solid waste - - nothing more, nothing less. If you need more, let me know.
My name is Eddie Evans and I am a professional crime scene cleaner. I remove and decontaminate biohazardous environments created by violent crimes. This means that I clean areas contaminated by blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). I clean in homes, businesses, factories, boats, airplanes, and vehicles. My experience includes military trauma cleaning as well as crime scene cleanup experience. I am Biosafe's owner and only cleaner.
My objective: Quietly, safely, and discreetly restore the scene to a safe state, thereby relieving others from a traumatic task. You can be confident that I am dedicated to restoring a safe environment without publicity or sensationalism. I protect your privacy and property from onlookers and media once cleanup begins.
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Bloodborne Pathogens means germs carried in blood that cause suffering. Some of these germs are called "bacteria" and some are called "viruses." These germs can cause diseases in humans. These germs include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A simple exposure to these germs and others may be dangerous or deadly.
Many viruses are pathogenic, but none cause miasma. Because viruses lack cell walls that bacteria develop, viruses cannot create odors. Viruses cannot receive and export oxygen and carbon dioxide. They do not "off-gas" the way that germs with cells off-gas. Viruses live directly off their hosts.
Bacteria can live for some time without a host because they store energy within their cell walls. They have their own internal digesting organs. Bacteria can change energy into different forms from within. Sometimes this energy becomes a gas. When expelled, we call it "stink" and at times following a death we call it "miasma." Methane is off-gassed and has no odor.
Even so, we all know that bacteria's off-gassing gives notice of its presence. Following a decomposition, it is this gas that pollutes carpet and padding, wood, walls, paper, cotton clothing, anything "cellulosic."
It is said that the human stomach contains over ten trillion bacteria (10,000,000,000,000). These bacteria must off-gas or explode. Sometimes during human decomposition they do both. The strength of miasma becomes relative to the size, diet, temperature, and other conditions related to the deceased. By way of example, a large male's decomposition after many years of alcoholism and meat eating will create strong miasma when the deceased passes away during summer in Florida. A small female vegetarian's decomposition in front of an apartment window in Wyoming during November will cause much less miasma.
In a sense, bacteria germs belch and flatulate as they undergo changes in temperature and chemical composition. They are in a way like humans: they give and take from their environment, except that these micro-organisms exist within our internal environment. This is one major source of the death odor, the miasma odor released from the trillions of micro-organisms within our bodies as we decompose.
We can see that there is a difference between somehow ingesting or injecting odor causing bacteria and unperceivable viruses. In any case, ingest or inject the the wrong bacteria or viruses, and the results could be deadly. Inhale bacterias' off-gassed carbon dioxide and other gases (miasma) and the results are nauseating at worse.
What I Do
I am a an experienced specialist cleaner (see education); I remove death scenes. I am paid to return death scenes to a condition in which family, friends, and other businesses can continue their activities.
This means that I remove the biohazards and destroy them. If I cannot destroy a biohazard, I alter it for safe removal. I also remove solid waste that was once directly connected to the biohazardous materials. In this manner I create a safe place for family, friends, and other contractors to go about their business.
Solid waste consists of bedding, clothing, and other fabrics. Solid waste will include the remaining, uncontaminated mattress, box springs, couch, chair, carpet, and padding in the crime scene room.
I have no right and no duty to enter other areas to "clean" or remove personal property. Unless there is a violent death, I have no right or duty to enter cabinets, closets, drawers, or jewelry boxes. I have no right or duty to remove personal property unless advised to do so by the acknowledged responsible party.
I have no right to seek out property for "cleaning" beyond the death scene; nor do I have any right to charge responsible parties or insurance companies for cleaning these objects.
I will make every effort to clean and recover cash, except soiled coins on the floor. I will make every effort to clean and recover memorabilia, pictures, dolls, wallets, jewelry.
Again, as a crime scene cleaner, In no way am I expected to clean any objects, including toys, tools, pictures, and clothing unless they are contaminated by the death event.
I will be willing to do so, but must first consider my costs. Others may enter to clean, remove, or destroy uncontaminated objects, which may proceed once I have rendered the death scene "safe." It is better for my client to hire someone that charges less than I do for incidental cleaning.
It is usually much cheaper for friends, families, and other contractors to begin the non-biohazard cleanup and restoration.
By "safe," I mean that the biohazards and potentially harmful objects from a violent death have been destroyed, otherwise altered, or removed.
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What does it mean to clean a death scene?
I need to be clear when it comes to defining a death scene. For me, to "clean" a death scene means to remove it and then clean and disinfect the immediate area. I usually seal it, too.
When I say that I will "clean the death scene," I am referring to the immediate area in which the body was located. The bed, couch, chair, bathroom, kitchen. Anything contaminated by the death scene is part of the death scene as it relates to fluids and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). This does not include personal property in the same room or other rooms that were uncontaminated by blood or OPIM.
A crime scene may exist in a small area, such as a bathroom or on a mattress. A crime scene may migrate over time as decomposition occurs. Most crime scenes, in my eight years of cleaning, remain in one room. There are exceptions, but few. (See migration)
If you wish to find more information on this subject, go here: Death Scene Cleanup
A migrating death scene means that body fluids, including blood, flow along seams, crevices, and with the tilt of a room or floor. A death scene may "wick" up a wall or furniture.
Most people spend about one-third of their lives in bed. Typically, then, many death scenes occur in the deceased's bed.
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What You Get
A caring, skilled, and knowledgeable cleaning professional will remove the crime scene's biohazards, bio-waste, and solid waste.
It is my job to reduce biohazardous material to zero in furnishings, carpet, and padding for removal and disposal. It is not my job to perform routine cleaning activities. It is not my job to remove flooring that is uncontaminated. My job could include sealing walls and ceilings.
It is my job to recover, clean, and disinfect valuables that became contaminated by the death's occurrence.
If there is a heavy fly infestation, I will spray the entire room with a disinfectant or fogger. I will also remove flies and other insect life.
At times I will offer to remove everything from the room to a "safe zone" if not a landfill. I typically remove most carpet and carpet padding as part of the crime scene cleanup.
My fees are reasonable and customary, and oftentimes paid by homeowners' insurance or business insurance.
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