Can Mr. Joe Carpet Cleaner Just Start Cleaning Crime Scenes?
Not long ago I was asked the above stated question. I would like to share my answer with you. In most states in the U.S. just about anyone can get into bio cleaning or crime scene clean up with little or no training should they want to. But, before your Joe Carpet Cleaner gets into this service he needs to consider a few things first. He needs to know that the federal government through OSHA regulates the bio cleaning industry by means of the Bloodborne Pathogen Rule 1910.1030. This regulation states that each company engaging in such a service as to where the employees have a “reasonable anticipation” of coming into contact with blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM), they must have a written “exposure control plan”, that plan will set the perimeters of conduct through certain engineering controls, and training in every aspect with a thorough understanding of this plan needs to be accomplished, and documented before the technician goes into the field. Since there are th
