Odour can effect your stress levels at home?!

What is odour? Odour is a distinctive unpleasant smell. It is basically the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form. It isn’t pleasant and not something people want to be around.

Odour in homes, buildings or offices may arise from various sources right from human decomposition to the just plain soil. Regular cleaning often helps get rid of general soiling odours, but for another serious type of odours caused by biological material, you need professional help and guidance.

There are different types of odours like compost and organic waste, rubbish odours, landfill gas odours, anaerobic odour, wastewater odour, industrial odour, etc. Most of these odours are caused by lack of oxygen, a mixture of gasses, solid waste, house rubbish or soil. Some of the odours are caused due to sewage, paints and solvents, animal livestock and poultry, food processing, commercial kitchen, etc. 

How is it possible to avoid odour? Firstly, proper aeration is required for no odours to be accumulated at one place. A suitable room temperature must be maintained for degradation to take place at a normal pace. Moisture should be maintained and things should be kept in a neat way with minimum wastage. 

The faster you get rid of odours, the better it keeps you away from a stressed and dirty environment and also makes it easier to clean. Odour cleaning is a tedious job and hence most of the time professional help is necessary.

We at Bio Cleanse are a team of certified professionals who are trained and experienced in dealing with odour control & clean-up. We have all the required detection tools, specialized agents, equipment, products and experience required to handle the odour clean-up job & restore the air quality of the place.

Call Bio Cleanse Services at +61 412 547 547. We service Sydney, Brisbane, Goulburn, Melbourne and Canberra areas as well as surrounding suburbs. Or visit us at http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/

A to Z about Paper Hoarding

Paper Hoarding is one among many types of hoarding disorders. This kind of hoarding situation involves accumulation of every single paper – be it newspaper, magazine, invoices, bills, letters and much more.

Paper Hoarders generally do not categories the papers they hoard. Most of them find categorizing, a boring activity. They just dump it in a drawer or some box hoping that it would prove helpful in the near future. They feel that if they discard those papers, they will lose out on something really important. 

Hoarding one kind of thing and then another, ultimately leads them to end up piling everything. A situation arises where you cannot move around in the houses due to these hoardings. The piles of newspapers, magazines etc. take up so much place, that movement as well as a room’s usability is affected.

Paper Hoarders have answers to all questions that you shoot at them. For example: 

If suppose the hoarder is hoarding newspapers and you ask the reason behind it, he might say that the newspaper contains a delicious recipe. You might wonder why s/he is keeping the entire newspaper and suggest him to cut it out the required article. S/He will find some other reason to keep the newspaper like there is a funny comic strip or an informative article etc., citing ‘n’ number of reasons to keep the newspaper. S/He will not give up on it easily. It is found that paper hoarders sometimes indulge in thievery. Books borrowed from the libraries or friends, are usually not returned. The only thought in their mind is the doubt whether s/he will be able to borrow it again, sometime in future.

Any house hoarded with paper is an eye sore, giving a shabby look. There is a risk that the hoarder might end up in hurting himself. His place will serve as a home to many rodents and insects. Mould too can also grow up in such places. Fire breakout is also one among the concerns. It’s not just the house, but relationships too suffer.

De-cluttering becomes really difficult for these hoarders. The hoarder will be much attached to the magazines, newspapers, letters, bank statements, gift-wraps etc. Giving up on it may be hard, but worth it.

How to clean out outdoor trash

Keep your neighbourhood clean and green. Trash should be tied up in a trash bag and taken to the bigger garbage disposal can. Here are some steps you can take to clean the smaller plastic trash can in your homes:

• Take your trash can and place it in an area where you can wash it. 

• Put a bit of dish soap in it.

• Wash it down with water using a long scrubby brush 

• Empty the trash can which was filled with water.

• Rinse it and repeat it if necessary.  

But these trash cans have a very smell to it. Here are some tips in order to get rid of those bad smells.

Use of baking soda: Baking soda can prevent bad odors which are caused by the trash cans. Sprinkle some of it in the bottom if the trash can, this will clean you get rid of the smell while cleaning your trash can.

Use of Cat litter: You use an inexpensive cat litter. The litter absorbs odours and liquids, this helps you get rid of the unnecessary liquid and smell. 

Use of bleach: Bleach as a strong odour, so be careful while using it. 1/4 cup of bleach to two gallons of warm water. Use clean out tough trash can spills and odours. 

We at Bio Cleanse Pty Ltd are professionals are the experts in home improvement. With all the qualifications and expertise needed, we provide professional cleaning services in urine and Faeces, suicide, sewage, trauma clean-up., etc.

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Tips for fire prevention at your workplace

Preventing a fire is a responsibility of every person. A fire of a large magnitude could destroy everything that you possess. Employees at a workplace should know some general tips on how to prevent a fire.

This is a list of few things you can do to prevent one from happening.

An employee should never smoke in storerooms/chemical storage or where machinery is kept.

Learning how to use a fire extinguisher is a safety precaution method that all should know.

Make sure that the emergency exit or sprinklers are not blocked with obstacles.

Make sure you know the fire emergency number or have any other emergency contact number at reach.

Keep a regular check on your machinery as they may overheat.

Participate in fire drills as they are organized to save lives. In case of a fire occurrence, you will know what to do instead of just panicking.

In case  of a faulty wiring, report immediately, as many of the fires start from electrical hazards.

All oily material waste must be disposed of properly.

Looking for a fire damage restoration specialist? Bio-Cleanse is the company you need. We have the ability to restore areas affected by fire and make your home/business soot free. To know more about us, visit us at   http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/ 

Safety precaution for a sewage spill

Sewage water is the waste water that has been used for various purposes. This water contains feces, urine, and laundry waste. When a sewer overflows it can cause various health hazards. This waste water can find their way into waterbodies, recreational waterway, land or building areas.

Here’s are some infections you can be affected by if exposed to sewage spills

Gastroenteritis - One of the causes of gastroenteritis is contaminated food or water. Symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, stomach pain.

Tetanus - Caused by Clostridium tetani bacterium. It produces a toxin what effects the brain. It is found in contaminated soil. It enters the body mainly through wounds

Hepatitis A - This is a liver disease. Transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and water. Infection occurs after an incubation period of three to four weeks. Symptoms fever, headache, nausea.


Safety precaution when handling sewage:

• Make sure you been vaccinated for tetanus and diphtheria.

• Do not eat in the areas where your handling sewage and wash your hands properly before consuming any food. 

• Use the right equipment to handle sewage. 

• In case of illness, you should visit the doctor.

• Never swim in the areas that have been contaminated by a sewage spill.

• Do not eat any seafood that has been contaminated from a sewage spill. 

The environment that you are living in must be clean. A sewage spill can be harmful to you or anyone coming into contact with it, and is best left to the experts at Bio Cleanse Services to decontaminate the place. Visit our website at http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/

Types of decontamination

For many of you who are not familiar with or don’t have an idea what decontamination is?

Decontamination is the process of cleaning different contaminants like micro-organism or hazardous materials from the environment. It can be done to prevent germs and other contaminants from spreading that may be harmful to human health.

There are different types of decontamination of which here are a few:

Human decontamination 

It is the process of cleaning the human body to remove contamination caused by hazardous materials. Human decontamination falls in two categories - Mass decontamination and Hospital decontamination. Mass decontamination is the decontamination/disinfection process done for large crowd of people. Generally this is done in industries, factories, etc. and functions as a “human car wash”. Hospital decontamination is a term that is used to provide a decontamination shower built in the hospital. Forensic and crime scene clean-up is also considered as human decontamination. 

Water decontamination

Water decontamination is the process of treating or decontaminating polluted water from products. This is caused by various reasons and can be harmful to humans causing typhoid or cholera. Contaminated water can be noticed by the naked eye when the water is discoloured by an algae form.

Air decontamination

The process of disinfecting all impurities in the air is referred to as Air decontamination. Air contamination is caused by smoke, paint, heavy mental, etc. and they can lead to various respiratory diseases as well. Decontamination of air is done by getting rid of pollutants or odour in whatever form.

Fungal decontamination

Contamination caused by fungal particles borne from spores & fungal fragments. They evolve in moisture or high humidity and cause health risk to the immune system. Decontamination of fungus is important so as to prevent mould growth.

Dry decontamination

Dry decontamination is different from the others. It is a decontamination process that does not involve water or any liquid. Dry decontamination is performed in a particular way done in five steps:

Scraping – it is done to remove the contaminant in bulk from the environment.

Absorbent material – absorbent materials are specifically used to absorb all the contaminants.

Adsorbent material – they are materials which adhere to and encapsulate the contaminants.

Vacuuming – it is the physical activity to remove solid materials from the environment.

Pressurized air – the process where low pressure air streams is placed on the surface to remove any solids.

We at Bio Cleanse Pty Ltd take up the task of decontamination with complete professionalism to do the job systematically. Give us a call on 042 741 1789 or visit our webpage: http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/services/decontamination-cleaning/ 

Are you a hoarder?

Simone says that she’s always been having trouble

throwing away things. Anxiety strikes her when she is 

attempting to discard any item. This is a classic example of a hoarder. Hoarding is defined as having persistent difficulty in discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their 

actual value. The behavior of a hoarder effects all those

 associated with the hoarder.

What are the common symptoms of a hoarder?

• Severe anxiety when it comes to throwing away any item

• Constant suspicion of other people touching your items or that someone will throw them out.

• Hoarders cannot throw away possessions.

• Have an assumption that the item will be useful someday.

• The home of a hoarder has the furniture gradually moved to the middle of a room with useless objects around it.

• There is no organization to the clutter. Items are stacked precariously at random or even tossed inside the room.

• Keeping items of no value like magazines, newspapers, or catalogs.

• The home of the hoarder becomes unsanitary.

Homes inhabited by hoarders could be dangerous, unhealthy, or both. We at Bio Cleanse Services offer hoarders a complete clean-up service. To know more about our cleaning services, visit us at http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/