Here’s Why You Can’t Just Mop Up Blood Spills

Funeral Industry News April 15, 2014
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Here’s Why You Can’t Just Mop Up Blood Spills

Video from AfterMath – Crime Scene Cleanup

Keeping a sanitized embalming room is critical to every funeral home. Here are a few tips from Aftermath – Crime Scene Clean Up, on why you just can’t mop up blood spills.


Cleaning up blood and biological material isn’t easy, especially on large blood spills.
Although a surface may look clean, biological material is still present.

Bodily fluids soak into surfaces or pool under tiles, leaving unseen biohazardous material and potential bloodborne pathogens behind.