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Our trauma cleaning
service grows with the need for professional cleaning. Our
vocabulary emerges as practitioner coin new terms and recognize useful
terms.
Acute economic anomie: sporadic
decreases in the ability of traditional institutions (such as religion,
guilds, pre-industrial social systems, etc.) to regulate and fulfill
social needs.
Bioload -In the context
of a crime scene, the term bioload relates to the micro-organic
matter dispersed by traumatic action. The vast majority of environments
on Earth, internal and external, carry some level of micro-organic
activity. A crime scene will have a high bioload following a traumatic
incident. The bioload will be significantly reduced by thorough cleaning
of the scene. There are few environments on Earth without some sort of
bioload. "Clean rooms" for computer research as well as other
scientifically oriented environments are among the few places without a
detectable bioload. (Return to Crime
Scene Cleanup)
Bloodborne Pathogens - pathogenic microorganisms that are present in
human blood and can cause disease in humans. These include, but are not
limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Bloody Mary - A hand-tool for cutting dense fabric, including carpet.
The name arises from the tool's working end, which has a sharp cutting
end on both sides of its blade.
Body Movers - Body movers
are found in government and small business activities. In government,
local coroner and medical examiner offices emply body movers. In
business, body movers may include morticians hired by cemeteries and
mortuaries. There are individually ran business and small business
concerns dedicated to the movement of human bodies following death.
Dead body cleanup
may follow the body movers. When the body
movers remove the deceased, residue often remain from trauma to the body
or decomposition. These fluids invite insect and animal life. Such
"effluents" require much effort and a frame of mind to remove, in many
cases. Call at any time, any day of the week for help when you find a
problem remaining after the deceased is removed.
Contaminated - the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of
blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.
Contaminated Sharps - any contaminated object that is sharp or has the
potential to be a sharp that can penetrate the skin including, but not
limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and
exposed ends of dental wires.
Decontamination - the use of physical or chemical means to remove,
inactivate, or destroy bloodborne pathogens on an item or surface to the
point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious
particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or
disposal.
Decontamination – The
process of removing pathogenic microorganisms from objects or surfaces,
thereby rendering them safe for handling.
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Effluents - Usually used
in the context of a biological discharge from a sewer system, in the
context of human trauma cleaning, "effluents" is used to denote
discharge from the body following death.
Embedding - The use of sealers and other chemicals to pretreat the
bioload for handling, transport, and storage. Embedding is also useful
for reducing the odor and objectionable elements of a death scene.
nep·o·tism
Pronunciation[nep-uh-tiz-uh m]
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family
relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism
when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
HBV - Hepatitis B Virus.
HCV - Hepatitis C Virus.
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Occupational Exposure - any reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous
membrane, or parenteral contact (i.e. piercing through the skin or
mucous membrane) with blood or other potentially infectious materials
(see below) that may result from the performance of an employee's
duties.
OPIM - Other Potentially Infectious Material.
Other Potentially Infectious Material (OPIM) - materials other than
blood, which pose a potential health risk, including:
1) The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions,
cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid,
peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body
fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in
situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between
body fluids;
2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human
(living or dead);
3) All human or primate cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and
cell lines (including established, continuous cell lines). HIV or HBV
containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or
other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV should
be considered potentially infectious;
4) Blood or body fluids of animals that have been intentionally or are
suspected of having been exposed to pathogens in research, in production
of biologicals, in the in vivo testing of pharmaceuticals, or other
procedures.
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment. In concept, similar to, but
different from the US Army's Mission Oriented Protective Posture, MOPP
suite.
Regulated Waste - liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially
infectious material; contaminated items that would release blood or
other potentially infectious material in a liquid or semi-liquid state
if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other
potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these
materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and
microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious
material.
Reduction - Refers to the removal of bio-waste.
Site Reduction - Removing by cleaning and disposal of bio-waste.
Sterilize - the use of a physical or chemical procedure to destroy all
microbial life.
Surfactants - A general term that includes soap. Surfactants lower
water's surface tension. As they soften water's surface, the water
carries away soiled matter more easily. Place oil in water gives a hint
of the chemicle divide between water and oil. Placing a surfacant in a
bucket containing water and oil removes the divide between the two.the
surface tension of water by adsorbing at the liquid-gas interface.
Tier - A level of blood and OPIM contamination - - Used as a point of
reference to communicate degree of contamination and degree of cleaning
progress.
Universal Precautions - An approach to infection control, which treats
all blood and other potentially infectious materials as if known to be
infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood borne pathogens. This approach
includes the use of barrier precautions by employees to prevent direct
skin, parenteral, or mucus membrane contact with blood or other body
fluids that are visibly contaminated with blood.
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