Forensic Cleaning

We test all common areas of the home to make sure our coverage is accurate. We cannot assume the contaminated area is contained to only one area. Infectious bacteria and viruses are very virulent and spread to many surfaces in your home, even the places you'd least expect.

Since bacteria and viruses cannot be seen by the naked eye, we use state of the art, cutting edge monitoring and testing systems to detect them. We are one of the few professional disinfection companies to use ATP testing when we test for the presence of infectious bacteria. ATP (abbreviated for Adenosine triphosphate) is found in every single living bacteria, so if a surface is heavily contaminated, an ATP test will measure high levels of ATP.

When an occupant has had a highly infectious case like one of C. Diff, high levels of ATP may be found on several surfaces, and a professional disinfection company should be called to clean the area.

The surfaces are then cleaned. Aerosols are solemnly ever used, as the transmission of aerosols can cause greater disturbances to dust / soil in the area to be cleaned and disinfected. Instead, we use a hospital grade botanical germicide spray registered by the EPA.

We use a top rated, safe, eco friendly germicide that requires no PPE to be handled. Harmful chemicals like ammonia, petrochemicals (or petroleum derivatives), or synthetic fragrances are never used during our cleanups. Our spray is ideal during any cleanup procedure, at any location, and/or where any individual, high risk or chemically sensitive, could be exposed.

We disinfect your home as if it was our own, so we make sure to "test" the surface by disinfecting a small area of the surface with the germicide. If there are no issues, the disinfectant is applied over the entire area, and left to air dry for 10 minutes. To disinfect an area, you do not rinse or wipe it down with the disinfectant. Our main active ingredient is an all natural botanical that remains active in organic matter whereas other disinfectants do not.

When we clean or deodorize an area, we shake and apply the germicide, then wipe the area down.

After the affected areas are cleaned, our work spaces are then disinfected. The safety of you and our workers is our #1 priority, so if the harmful material was in an area of the house that required additional work to get to, then this is the step where we bring the house back to its condition before the contamination. We use the pictures taken during our initial assessment to come as close as possible.

In this step, any remaining debris from the work site is removed, and the site is retested to ensure all hazardous material has been removed.