Crime scene cleaner

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Crime scene cleaners are specialized building cleaners who are commissioned by apartment owners, property managers, hotels and others to remove traces of the crime after a violent crime , an accident , a suicide or even a natural death after being released by the police . This includes a full cleaning. Body fluids and decay residues , vermin and other similar things must be removed and any damage documented. Objects such as armchairs, beds, carpets in the immediate vicinity of the corpse are often severely impaired and can only be restored to a hygienically flawless and usable condition with special and complex cleaning processes, especially when a deceased is lying down for long periods of time, if this is at all possible.

In Germany, crime scene cleaner is not a separate apprenticeship. The respective companies belong either to the building cleaning or the disinfection industry, depending on the further range of services. There is no fixed training path. Building cleaners can take further training courses to become a state-certified disinfector . Individual companies also offer direct training in “building, glass and crime scene cleaners”.

The job description includes knowledge and mastery of infection protection , disinfection and the corresponding legal provisions, as well as the proper disposal of objects that have become unusable, as well as the correct handling of respiratory masks and protective clothing .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suddenly you had a corpse in the cellar . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 1, 2011
  2. ↑ Clearing the dead from homes . Die Zeit, September 26, 2011
  3. ↑ Crime Scene Cleaner . Praktikum.info, accessed on April 26, 2017
  4. ↑ "This is more of a detention . Spiegel online, June 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ How do you become a crime scene cleaner, Mr. Heistermann? - FAZ from June 22, 2009 ( Memento from June 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ "Never used to the smell" . Frankfurter Rundschau, June 25, 2013
  7. ↑ The man for the rough: Joachim Dickten is a crime scene cleaner . Alt-Öttinger Anzeiger, January 4, 2017