When removing blood from a carpet or rug, remember that blood is a biohazard. Protect yourself accordingly and treat it according to EPA guidelines.

1. IMPORTANT: Do not use high temperature cleaning or heat activated stain removal procedures on these types of stains.
2. If human blood, wear full skin and eye protection!
3. Remove these stains as follows:
4. If a customer has called you for blood stain removal on carpet or rug, suggest that he or she immediately dry blot, wet blot and then leave a moist weighted white towel on the area overnight to prevent a wicking problem and to make removal easier and more probable.
5. If deposit is heavy enough to have soaked through backing and into the pad, replace the contaminated pad and clean carpet backing as below.
6. Mix Pro’s Choice Pro-Zyme Heavy Soil & Grease Digester according to label directions on jug.
7. Apply solution to blood stain on the carpet or rug to thoroughly wet stained fibers.
8. Gently but thoroughly agitate fibers to break up and emulsify deposit.
9. Dwell time will help the biochemistry work for you here - leave at least thirty minutes.
10. Thoroughly rinse via warm water extraction (do not use an acid rinsing agent here).
11. If extremely heavy, use the Water Claw^® Sub-Surface Spot Lifter to more thoroughly flush out the blood.
12. Stain Magic^® treatment is sometimes required - or even OSR Odor and Stain Remover.
13. Apply Pro’s Choice Stain Blotter to absorb any wicking that might occur during drying.
14. When spot is dry, vacuum thoroughly.
15. Treat all materials used such as towels as a biohazard and dispose of at a medical waste treatment facility.
16. OSHA standard 1910.1030 covers worker exposure to blood borne disease-causing organisms (also called the “blood borne pathogen rule”). Training, record-keeping, protective clothing, vaccinations and many other standards are required if your employees are likely to be exposed to such a problem particularly in doctors or dental offices, clinics, nursing homes, hospitals or other health care facilities. The standard also covers restoration services dealing with cleanup after suicides, violent crimes, etc. The rule is designed to protect employees from the danger of infection.
17. Assume that all human blood is infected with HIV virus. Protect your skin with rubber gloves. Wear eye protection. Treat all materials used such as towels as a biohazard and dispose of at a medical waste treatment facility.
18. For large amounts of blood in the waste tank, add 2 gallons of chlorine bleach to the recovery tank and allow it to kill any bacteria and viruses, letting the bleach work on the solution for several hours before dumping. NOTE: Flush the waste tank thoroughly to prevent corrosion of the welds by the bleach!

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