Bio-Medical Waste Management Fort Lauderdale – Cleaning an Autopsy Room

Cleaning an autopsy room is one of the most important parts of bio-medical waste management. This job, of course requires, among other things a good knowledge of cleaning and is important for reducing the risk of disease and microorganisms spreading uncontrolled. As such, cleaning an autopsy room is crucial for keeping everyone working in the healthcare facility and those staying there as patients or coming as visitors safe from infections.

What is Needed for Cleaning an Autopsy Room?

Before we talk more about how to clean an autopsy room, you should first know what you will need for this bio-medical waste management Fort Lauderdale job.

The most important thing that you’ll need in order to clean an autopsy room is probably a strong stomach and a lot of persistence. Don’t expect this to be a five-minute job where you can just swipe something with a broom or clean with a damp rag. It takes a lot more to clean an autopsy room than that.

So, here is what you will need:

  • Red biohazard waste bags or containers
  • PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). This includes: rubber gloves, eye goggles, and facial mask
  • Regular trash bags
  • Clean cloths
  • A liquid disinfectant (hospital grade)
  • Broom
  • Mop and mop bucket
  • Disinfectant cleaner (again, hospital grade)

Here is How it is Done

  1. Put on your PPE before you enter the autopsy room you need to clean. Dare I say never enter a room full of biohazards without proper protection?
  2. Bring in new, empty trash and red biohazard bags into their previously emptied respectable trash bins. Carefully collect anything that was left on the autopsy table or on the scales and dispose them in the bio-hazard waste bags.
  3. Collect all sharps waste, such as scalpels and razor blades into a sharps container. These will later be processed through an autoclave or steam sterilization machine for reuse or recycling.
  4. Spray all surfaces, including the autopsy table, doors, scales and anything else that is often touched with a disinfectant cleaner. Make sure to leave it for a couple of minutes to stand, as per the instructions on the package. Wipe it afterwards with a clean and dry cloth.
  5. Sweep the floor of the autopsy room with the broom. Put any debris in the bio-hazard or regular waste bag according to where it belongs.
  6. Use a mop bucket full of liquid disinfectant to mop the floor thoroughly. Don’t let anyone inside again until the floor has been air-dried completely.

Voilà! And that is how you do one of the most important medical waste management jobs in any hospital, cleaning an autopsy room. Remember, just because you’ve read this doesn’t mean that you are suddenly an expert in bio-medical waste management. Instead, this is something that you should probably leave to licensed and professional people from your local medical waste management company. If you are looking for one for Fort Lauderdale Medical Waste Management is an excellent choice