The term describes cleanup of blood, bodily fluids, and other infectious materials. It is also referred to as biohazard remediation, and forensic cleanup, because crime scenes are only a portion of the situations in which biohazard cleaning is needed.

 

Incidents which may require this type of cleanup include accidents, suicide (or attempted suicide), homicides, and decomposition after unattended death, as well as mass trauma, industrial accidents, infectious disease contamination, animal biohazard contamination (e.g. faeces or blood) or regulated waste transport, treatment, and disposal.

 

All such activity is only conducted after relevant permission from the police services.