Everyone hates to think of tragedies, let alone those tragedies happening in your home or business. Our world always manages to find a way to slip these difficult times into our lives, however, and it can be important to know who to call to make sure that tough situations like suicides are properly handled. Professional suicide cleanup services are the way to go to ensure that a tragedy like this isn’t any harder than it has to be.
Professional Tools and Experience
Suicides can be traumatic scenes for all involved, whether they are family of the deceased or bystanders. A death isn’t something you can properly clean up with a corner store mop and bucket and some soap, and cleaning up a loved one’s remains at all could be lastingly haunting. Your building’s janitorial staff won’t have the required equipment or expertise to handle a suicide cleanup.
Companies that offer suicide cleanup services will have trained professionals on staff who are trained and prepared to clean up the aftermath of a suicide properly. These pros will have all of the equipment to clean up any remaining blood, tissue, or bodily fluids, as well as decontaminate the space to remove bacteria and other hazards. They’ll also be able to remove any remaining odors as well. Suicides and deaths are traumatic enough—there’s no need to leave any reminders for people going forward.
A grisly part of the cleanup job is considering the entire area, not just the visible portion of the site, and that’s definitely something you want a professional to handle. A suicide cleanup service is going to offer much more than a quick wipe-down of the area and call it a day. They’ll consider the entire space and the materials involved. Homes are likely to have carpet, tile, hardwood floorboards, etc. Industrial areas and vehicles might have many different materials to consider, including metal fittings, grooves, and channels. All of these will likely need to be pulled apart for full disinfection. You really don’t want to be the one who has to pull apart floorboards to clean bodily remains from each individual groove.
Documentation, Professionalism, and Licensing
Having to handle the cleanup of a suicide is an awful responsibility. Hiring suicide cleanup services shouldn’t just clean things up for you physically; they should have protocols to try to make this as easy for you (and other affected persons) as possible, too.
Businesses that offer trauma cleanup services will be licensed by your local State authorities, which is important for a number of reasons. Firstly, they will know all of the legal requirements of their cleanup job, including when they can perform their work. A suicide will always involve law enforcement to some degree, and the site will need to be assessed before cleanup will be authorized. Proper and professional disposal of all materials is also part of the legality of the cleanup. Suicide cleanup services will involve industrial-grade cleaners and proper biohazard disposal protocols, and your contractor will know how to handle the situation for you, and they’ll also be able to provide proper documentation to you and law enforcement assuring proper cleanup and disinfection.
Professionalism is also very important in any death situation. People are interested in anything out of the ordinary and always want to stick their noses into a situation to see what’s going on, what’s got the police or ambulance rolling up to your business or residence. This can be both legally challenging as well as incredibly insensitive and emotionally damaging to any family or other witnesses.
Professional suicide cleanup services know how to properly cordon off a cleanup project, avoid and refuse comments to any news agencies, and restrict access from the rubber-neckers of the general public. Many agencies may also have internal non-disclosure agreements with their employees, further lowering the risk of information entering into the unofficial rumor-mill.
You’re Going Through Enough
No matter what your relationship to the deceased may be, it’s not easy to take on the task of trying to return everything to normalcy. Someone’s life just ended, and that takes an emotional toll on anyone involved.
While so many of us want to stay strong against all adversity and prove that we can confidently handle anything, there’s really nothing to prove in this situation. You should not try to add to your own emotional labor by making a suicide cleanup your next personal project. Hire suicide cleanup services and let their knowledge and experience make sure that the site of this tragedy is cleaned up carefully, professionally, and respectfully.
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