[craig lindsey]

Had a call from a customer today, blood on the carpet, has been down for about 2 weeks, has anybody had any good results, with 100% removal.
many thanks
craig lindsey

[Phil Marlor]

Rinse with cold water, then use Prochem Stain pro.

Blood can wick up the next day when dry, so you may need to go back and rinse again, but you should get near perfect result.

Wear plastic gloves or marigolds!

Rgds
Phil

[craig lindsey]

Many many thanks for the reply, ill give it a go.
Craig

[Jason Hedges]

Hi Craig,

I've removed blood on numerous occasions with varying results. However I've not cleaned any since a reply to a post of mine by Alan Brooker who advised of the precautions needed when dealing with blood removal. Thanks Alan!

Link (scroll down for info): http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=15785.msg113489#msg113489

Alans reply: Are you remotely aware of the pathogens that can be released into the air dealing with a dried blood stain ESPECIALLY of the size that you're describing!
Tyvek suit, goggles, mask gloves, booties. Should use a tub vacuum cleaner exhausted outside anything else will get platelets airbourne indoors. On completion of the job all outerwear should be bagged up and taken to local hospital for incineration.
If the person who deposited the blood has any form of blood illness - inhalation of any airbourne platelets can lead to your system absorbing said illness! It's that serious.

Obviously all this has to be accounted for within the job cost. To be honest, since I found out about this from Paul Pearce who was invited to a seminar on blood bourne pathogen dangers I wont clear blood. Just because you can't see it don't mean it's not there!

Just watching out for a fellow CC
Alan

Kind regards,
Jason.

[Phil Marlor]

I agree with you Jason that you need to be very careful when dealing with blood, but you can't live in a bubble, blood is all around us every day.

For instance how do you know there isnt any blood on that seat you are sitting on in the Pub from a cut finger, or anything you touch may have had blood on it previously.

Phil

[craig lindsey]

You cc's are fantastic, many many many thanks to Alan & Jason, you dont know how much that reply has helped me out.
The story goes, a carpet fitter had rung me to say that his customer has bled from a facial wound, involving a fight with his neighbour, over a parking dispute, the 70 yr old gentleman ( mad man ) has gone into his neighbours front room, with a knuckle duster, and beat him to a pulp, thankfully the receiveing gentleman is o.k. apart from some nasty cuts & bruises, the carpet fitter has said its like a crime scene, me saying ill have a go at removing it, because we cc's are always trying to help someone out.
I've read your reply @10:00 a.m, & had to be at customers house, for 11:00 a.m, ive since rang the custy, and told of the dangers of all our healths, and to my future customers, i might use my machine on. I have a machine which i have kept for poo! & vomit, obviously i clean & sanitise thouroughly each time, it now sounds that maybe this isnt sufficent. The carpet fitter is going to patch it now.
Thanks again Jason for passing this on.
Kind regards
Craig Lindsey  

[Jason Hedges]

Craig,

Glad I could be of some help. By the sounds of it you did well getting out of that one anyway, with the quantity of blood you mention the advice from Alan has been priceless! There may well have been nothing wrong with the man but you never know, better to be safe eh!

Phil,

Very true mate, I've cleaned small spots of blood since and will continue to do so but won't touch large ammounts. I'll leave that to someone with the correct equipment!

Kind regards,
Jason.