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Las Vegas Biohazard Cleanup, Down to the Subfloor

Soaked flooring comes out and the smell's source goes with it. A crew walks the room first and puts the price on paper.

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Blood, odor and residue are separate jobs

Las Vegas Bio Clean is the number to call for biohazard, trauma and crime scene cleanup across Clark County: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City and the unincorporated valley around them.

  • Unattended death cleanup

    A person found days later, often in a closed house in summer. Flooring, subfloor and sometimes ductwork come into it.

  • Crime scene cleanup

    Blood, fingerprint powder and broken glass, once the investigating agency has released the property.

  • Suicide cleanup

    A quiet job. You don't have to clean the room yourself, and you can ask for keepsakes to be set aside.

  • Death odor removal

    A smell that's still there after the room looks clean, which usually means something porous still holds the source.

  • Hoarding cleanup

    Sorting, hauling and sanitizing, room by room, with the person living there kept in the decisions wherever that's possible.

  • Fentanyl and meth residue

    Lab wipe samples before and after, for a rental, a motel room or a house about to be sold.

  • Smell from a neighbor's unit

    Odor moving through vents and gaps after a death in the apartment below or next door.

  • Vehicle biohazard cleanup

    Seat foam, carpet and the cabin air filter in a car or truck that has sat in the Las Vegas heat.

  • Hotels, property managers and funeral homes

    One line for repeat callers, with paperwork for the file.

Cleaning the room falls to the family, the owner or the hotel

Clark County's coroner investigates any unattended death, whatever the cause, and police work a crime scene. Neither one cleans. Whoever has charge of the property next inherits the stained carpet, the smell and the waste.

Please don't start on it with a mop. Scrubbing spreads what's there. Close the door, keep children and pets out, and call us.

Desert heat speeds the job up. July in Las Vegas brings normal highs above 104°F and lows around 82°F, so a closed house with the air conditioning off gets ahead of any schedule. Timing is covered on the unattended death page.

Carpet and pad folded back from a plywood subfloor in the corner of an empty room

Carpet and pad

Fluid that looks like a stain on top has usually gone through to the pad. OSHA says carpet can't be routinely decontaminated, which is why soaked carpet usually comes out.

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Subfloor and slab

Plywood that took on fluid is cut out or sealed. Bare slab usually gets cleaned where it is, once the crew has checked its cracks and joints.

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Baseboards and drywall

Drywall wicks from the bottom up, and baseboards hide what ran under them. The crew pulls them to look.

Ceiling return air vent with its grille hanging open and the filter removed

Vents and shared air

In apartments and hotel towers, odor moves through vents, wall gaps and shared returns. The walk-through checks the units beside and above.

From the first call to the last bag out

The visit decides the scope, so the crew's first job is to look.

  1. We start with the address

    Give us the property, roughly what happened and how far along the police or coroner are. We'll set a time with you.

  2. A crew walks the room

    The walk-through follows the fluid: carpet, pad, subfloor, baseboards, furniture, and the vents if odor has traveled. Photos can stand in if you can't be there.

  3. You read the scope and the price

    Both come in writing, listing what comes out and what stays. You only pay for work you agreed to.

  4. The source comes out

    Soaked material is cut out and bagged for medical waste disposal, hard surfaces get disinfected, and odor gets treated once its source is gone. You get your house back.

Biohazard cleanup runs from Summerlin to Boulder City

Henderson and North Las Vegas have their own police departments, and the valley's housing changes block by block, from 1970s rentals near downtown to gated 55+ streets. Each of these pages covers what that means for the job.

Check an address

Don't see your ZIP? Call anyway and we'll check your address. See every ZIP code by place.

Plain guides cover the first week

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Questions families ask first

Read the full list of cleanup questions

Does the coroner or the police clean up afterward?
No. The coroner's office investigates the death and the police work the scene, and the room stays as it was left. The county Public Administrator's own FAQ says that office doesn't conduct or pay for biohazard cleanup. The first 24 hours guide lays out the order of things.
How quickly can a crew get out here?
Tell us how urgent it is when you call, and we'll work out timing with you. In summer, say if the air conditioning is off. Heat changes how fast the job grows.
Can the cleanup happen without me?
No. Many families stay away, and landlords often work from a lockbox. Someone with authority over the property has to agree to the work, and the crew needs a way in.
Can you clean a hotel room or a casino restroom?
Yes. Say how many rooms or public areas are involved and whether the room has been closed off. The page for property managers and hotels covers what your Biohazard Event Response Plan needs from an outside crew.
Will my insurance cover it?
Sometimes. It turns on the policy and the cause, so nobody can promise it before reading yours. The Nevada guide to paying for cleanup goes through homeowners policies, renters policies and the state victim program.

The walk-through shows how far it went

A crew follows the stain down through the floor and out along the walls, then writes up what has to go.

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Have these on hand

  • The property address and ZIP code
  • Whether the police and coroner are done there
  • How the crew gets in: key, lockbox or gate code
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