BIOPRO cleans up crime scenes and biohazards, including blood removal, odor removal after body decomposition, hoarding cleanup, medical waste disposal and drug lab decontamination. Its website lists Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa and other Arizona cities, and says the company has operated since 1985 and offers 24/7 emergency service.

Listed since 07/29/2017

Biohazard cleanup in Gilbert

Gilbert began as a farming town, was incorporated in 1920, and grew from 5,575 people in 1980 to about 292,000 in 2024. Its housing is mostly recent single-family construction spread over a wide area, so a call for cleanup can come from almost any street, and it usually comes from a relative, a landlord or a property manager who has never faced anything like it.

Arizona treats the waste from this work as regulated. Biohazardous medical waste must be moved by a transporter licensed by the state's environmental quality department, and putrescible waste carries short limits for delivery to an approved facility. Federal workplace rules add to that: OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard covers how contaminated surfaces are decontaminated and how regulated waste is contained and labeled.

What a biohazard cleanup job involves

The work is removal first and cleaning second. Crews in protective equipment take out blood, tissue and the porous materials that absorbed them, such as carpet, padding and sometimes subfloor, then disinfect what is left and seal the waste in labeled containers. Odor is treated at its source, because masking it leaves the source in place.

Ask how waste is packaged, who transports it and where it goes, whether the crew works from written bloodborne pathogen procedures, and what records you will receive afterward. A written scope that lists what was removed and what was cleaned helps if the loss is covered, and our guide to documenting your loss before the cleanup starts explains what to photograph while you still can.