Homes, offices and shared spaces
Infectious disease cleaning and disinfection
After a serious illness, a death from an infectious disease, or a space contaminated with waste or fluids, you may want more than a household clean. An independent cleanup company can disinfect the rooms involved.
What to expect
The company cleans first and then disinfects, because disinfectant works poorly on dirty surfaces. Soft items that can't be cleaned, such as a soiled mattress, may need to go.
Ask which disinfectant they will use and how long rooms should stay empty afterwards.
If a doctor or the health department has given you instructions about a specific illness, share them with the company and follow them.
Questions
Can loose needles be removed too?
Needle and sharps disposal is not part of this service. Ask your pharmacy or doctor how to get rid of them safely.
If it happened today
- Call 911 first. If someone is hurt, or you have found someone who has died, call 911 before anything else.
- Leave the room as it is. Police and the medical examiner's investigator may need to see it. Close the door and keep people and pets out.
- Wait for the release. Cleanup starts only after the police, and the medical examiner if involved, say the home or car is released.
- Then call. Call (603) 555-0105 when you are ready. Nobody will rush you.
When you are ready, call
An independent cleanup company that works in the Manchester area. You decide whether to hire them.