Sickness in the building
Infectious disease disinfection in Fort Collins
A relative was gravely ill at home, a colleague fell sick on the shop floor, or a tenant moved out of a unit you now have doubts about. A cleanup firm can wash the place down and disinfect it afterwards. The terms below tell you what you would be paying for.
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Three different things
Cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting
These are the CDC's definitions. Sequence counts, because grime shields germs from the chemical. Washing has to happen first.
Cleaning
Soap, water and scrubbing
- Removes most germs, dirt and impurities from a surface.
Sanitizing
A step further
- Brings germs down to a level that public health codes treat as safe.
Disinfecting
The strongest of the three
- Kills most germs on surfaces and objects.
- Works only while the surface is kept wet for as long as the label's contact time demands.
Is it needed?
When disinfecting makes sense
The CDC says disinfecting a home is likely unnecessary unless someone there is sick or someone has a weakened immune system. In those cases it recommends it.
Outside help earns its fee, then, after a grave illness, where vomit, feces or blood are present, where a frail person will use the room next, or where the area is simply too big or too dirty to do properly yourself.
No honest company will promise that not one germ is left afterwards, and this site does not either. A fair expectation is a wash-down you get a record of, then disinfectant applied to its label's directions.
On the phone
Six points to raise
- The product's name and its EPA registration
- Contact time on the label, and the method for keeping surfaces wet that long
- Whether washing happens ahead of the spraying
- Rooms, surfaces and soft furnishings in scope
- The wait before people and pets may return
- A written note of the work, left with you