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How to Help a Loved One Struggling with Hoarding
A Compassionate Guide for Families Watching a family member struggle with hoarding can be incredibly difficult. What may appear as excessive clutter is often tied to deeper emotional and psychological challenges. For many families, knowing how to step in-and how to do it the right way-can feel overwhelming. At Steri-Clean, we’ve worked with thousands of…
Drug Residue Found in an Apartment Unit?
What Property Managers Must Do Immediately to Protect Staff, Residents & Liability If you manage apartments, HUD housing, Section 8 units, student housing, or multifamily communities, you may eventually face this question: “What do we do when a unit has drug residue?” Whether it’s: This is not a routine make-ready issue. Drug contamination is a…
What Is Biohazard Cleanup
Biohazard Cleaning What Is Biohazard Cleanup The biohazard cleanup process involves safely removing hazardous matter to restore a space to its original condition. Hazards can include bodily fluids like blood, chemicals, and other potentially harmful matter that must be removed and disposed of following strict protocols. The primary goal of any biohazard removal process is…
What Is Crime Scene Clean Up
Learn about the importance of crime scene cleaning, bloodborne pathogens, biohazard remediation, and OSHA regulations in our comprehensive guide. Find out about the risks of exposure, and discover the best practices for decontamination and personal protective equipment (PPE).
Help & Support For Hoarders
Emotional and Clinical help for those suffering from Hoarding, is just as important as the actual physical help.
Lost & Found
One of our favorite times when we are on a hoard cleanup job is when we find TONS of lost money. And yes, we return it to the owner, or to the estate EVERY single time. What is the largest amount of money you think we have found in a hoard? Head over to Cory’s…
Saving Things vs. Hoarding
“You just never know when you’re gonna need it one day.”This is a very common statement that pretty much everyone has said at one time or another, but there is a fine line between holding onto a few things “just in case” and allowing them to grow and accumulate to an unhealthy level. This is…
The Importance Of Indoor Air Quality Management
KNOW. MANAGE. DECIDE. Know what you breathe. You can’t manage what you can’t measure. Data driven decision making. Now more than ever before, people are becoming more educated and aware of just how important indoor air quality is, and Steri-Clean is proud to be able to offer IAQM (indoor air quality management) as part of…
Bacteria, Pathogens, Microorganisms, and Viruses… OH MY!
Just thinking about them and how truly dangerous they can be is enough to scare you to death (no pun intended). There is a lot to know and understand about each of them. How some are more dangerous than others. How some can not only make you very sick but could even be deadly, if…
WHAT IS ATP TESTING?
You might be asking yourself, what exactly is ATP testing? The acronym ATP stands for “Adenosine Triphosphate”, the energy molecule that exists in all living cells. So why is ATP testing important in cleanup and disinfection? A surface may look clean, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is clean. Some contamination and debris cannot be…