Even though most of us are pretty safe and healthy most of the time, life is far from perfect. Disasters can strike without warning, turning our lives upside down and causing us to rethink the way we live. Look no further than the current pandemic. Sanitation efforts for the easily contagious COVID-19 coronavirus demand to be frequent and thorough, meaning living spaces and workspaces must be wiped clean inside and out, and conventional methods alone – such as disinfecting with a diluted bleach solution – are not enough. To ensure the minimum chance of infection, specialized professional disinfection services are necessary.

However, contagions like pandemics are certainly not the only purpose of disinfection services. There are many reasons to consult disinfection services, ranging from routine cleaning to emergency responses, to traumatic events, and there are some functions of disinfection services that you may not be aware of. Disinfection services offer many solutions to many different situations. Here are a few things disinfection services offer to their clients.

Routine Cleaning

Emergencies aren’t the only reasons to consult disinfection services. If your business handles food, or meat and blood, or anything that can be an easy host to pathogens, having disinfection services on speed dial is a pretty good idea. Even with the right PPE, latent microbes can still easily permeate the air or skin. Therefore, it’s important to make sure disinfection services can carry out cleanings on a frequent basis.

Fire Cleanup

One of the most common incidents that can cause widespread damage is fire. In contrast to natural elemental damage, which is often a random and unpredictable event, fire hazards are everywhere, and it only takes one unattended stove element or fallen over taper candle to cause serious damage to houses, apartments, or condominiums. Plus, because fire spreads so easily, it can affect your neighbors as well. In the aftermath of a fire, layers of soot and smoke can become a breathing hazard, and the damage will make the space uninhabitable. Professional disinfection services are available to cut out all damaged areas and check for leftover breathing hazards.

Natural Disaster Cleanup

If you live in areas prone to severe weather anomalies, such as tornadoes in the Midwest or earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes near the coast, there is always the risk of elemental damage from a storm or weather event, and though you may be aware of the risks involved, catastrophes can always sneak up without warning.

After a natural disaster, there are almost certainly going to be a number of health hazards present in the wake. Professional disinfection services may be required for a thorough cleanup after a flood due to the possibility of mold development; a tornado or an earthquake due to the possibility of asbestos and other dusts being kicked up; or both may be a possibility after a hurricane.

Bacteria and Virus Outbreaks

Certainly, this one hits close to home for most of us now during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Although social distancing and PPE measures can be taken to flatten the contagion curve, because the virus has an adhesive outer lipid layer, any contact people make with surfaces is a potential contamination point, and in the case of essential services, it is not feasible to shut down the business. During COVID, or any bacterial or viral outbreak, businesses that cannot shut down must use disinfection services to lower the risk of cross-contamination of goods and person-to-person contagion. Every crack and crevice must be disinfected in order to ensure worker and consumer safety.

Trauma

Tragedy can strike unexpectedly and in often extreme fashion. In the wake of a messy murder or a suicide, surfaces are prone to becoming covered in biohazards (usually blood). Human remains and blood can be toxic to touch and breathe in, and they are likely to cause very serious maladies that can have very severe symptoms. After a trauma, an investigation is conducted. Following the requisite investigation, disinfection services come in to safely bag and dispose of any biohazards and clean surfaces thoroughly enough to kill or deactivate pathogens before they spread.

Premier Disinfection Services

If health is a major concern following a serious catastrophe, there is little room to gamble. The professionals have years of experience cleaning up thousands of instances of disaster aftermaths, traumatic events, and viral and bacterial outbreaks. If peace of mind through thorough disinfection is what you’re after, trust disinfection services to get you through.