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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: stevegunn on June 20, 2008, 06:57:44 pm

Title: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: stevegunn on June 20, 2008, 06:57:44 pm
Where would be the best place to dispose of blood soaked carpet?
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: Mike Osbourne on June 20, 2008, 07:02:51 pm
Suprised you didn't dump it with the body. ;D
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: lands on June 20, 2008, 07:04:50 pm
Reckon the local environmental will be able to take care of that
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: stevegunn on June 20, 2008, 07:10:19 pm
An old fella had cut an artery and died but the blood is all over,advised them to lift and throw carpets away but don't know where? Been left for 3 days now blood congealed in places and flies all over.
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: John Kelly on June 20, 2008, 07:30:28 pm
Tell them to contact environmental health dept at the council.
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: rob fryer on June 20, 2008, 07:32:53 pm
I think its now classed as clinical waste needs a licence to move it if in deed that is the case?.
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: stevegunn on June 20, 2008, 07:34:05 pm
They did contact enviromental health who put them in touch with 3 carpet cleaners,how long can it be left before it really starts smelling?
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: John Kelly on June 20, 2008, 07:38:50 pm
Therefore do it yourself, cut it into small squares with a stanley knife and bag it up. Take to your local disposal point and expalin what it is. They should advise you where to take it or more often than not it will just go in general waste. Or phone Aidan he's into this game now I believe.
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: Bob Robertson on June 20, 2008, 07:45:01 pm
John

Whats wrong with your web link is your site down?

tihson
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: John Kelly on June 20, 2008, 07:50:57 pm
BT Maintenance, they could have let me know. Shouldn't be long.
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: Neil Williams on June 20, 2008, 09:23:42 pm
Quote from: Steve Gunn on June 20, 2008, 07:34:05 pm
They did contact enviromental health who put them in touch with 3 carpet cleaners

You just couldn't make this up could you ;D
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: davids3511 on June 23, 2008, 10:26:02 am
Quote from: John Kelly on June 20, 2008, 07:38:50 pm
Therefore do it yourself, cut it into small squares with a stanley knife and bag it up. Take to your local disposal point and expalin what it is. They should advise you where to take it or more often than not it will just go in general waste. Or phone Aidan he's into this game now I believe.

Isn't that a crazy suggestion? Cut a blood soaked carpet up with a stanley knife? Do you not think there might be a reason it is classed as clinical waste, or were you joking?
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: John Kelly on June 23, 2008, 12:44:46 pm
No I wasn't joking.  What other way is there to dispose of a contaminated carpet?  Roll it up?  Incinerate in-situ?  It is standard procedure for dealing with contaminated carpets.  I would certainly be interested if you have another way. 

Steve is well aware of the requirement for appropriate PPE whilst carrying out the operation.
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: HQCS (John Kastrian) on June 23, 2008, 05:02:19 pm
Quote from: James123 on June 20, 2008, 07:34:55 pm
ibrox football park glasgow is the same old dead bodies all over the place ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

This is in very poor taste!!
 A lot of people lost their lives following the Ibrox disaster in 1971,not very funny.
-John
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: davep on June 23, 2008, 05:10:05 pm
I think it was in reference to the current team  :-X
Title: Re: Blood soaked carpet
Post by: Doug Holloway on June 23, 2008, 05:10:47 pm
Hi John

Thanks for pointing that out, I thought it was just a silly football dig and forgot about the Ibrox disaster.

Cheers

Doug