Blood and biohazard cleanup in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Neighborhoods and districts include the French Quarter, Mid-City, Uptown, Gentilly, the Lower Ninth Ward, and Algiers. Nearby towns people ask about include Gretna, Kenner, Slidell, and Mandeville.

A request can cover a house, apartment, business, or vehicle in New Orleans and those nearby communities. Matching does not mean a truck is stationed in New Orleans.

In Orleans Parish, death investigations go through the county coroner. That office, often with local law enforcement, controls the scene until the property is released to the family or the owner. We are not the coroner and do not work the scene. Request Help is for after the release, when someone needs a cleanup company.

Until that release, do not enter to clean, do not throw belongings away, and do not post images of the scene. If someone is in danger, call 911. If you or someone with you is in crisis, call or text 988.

The long hot, humid season around New Orleans speeds odor and the spread of fluids into porous materials. Storms and flooding can move contamination into more of the building. Mild winters slow it only a little.

New Orleans housing includes shotgun houses, Creole cottages, and raised homes. We do not give legal advice about who is responsible. After a scene is released, the person who controls the property usually requests the referral. That is often the owner or the manager for a rental, and a family member when the household still controls the home. A tenant should not be expected to wipe blood or decomposition residue. Neither one is a reason for the family to do the cleanup.

Louisiana does not use one national meth-lab license. If a New Orleans property was used to manufacture drugs, that is a different referral from blood or an unattended death. The partner follows the health or environmental direction that applies, or declines, and can provide a clearance or completion report from the cleanup company.

An independent partner that accepts a New Orleans referral typically contains the area, removes porous materials it is prepared to take, disinfects what can stay, and arranges disposal through its own channels. Odor work comes after the source is gone. That company does the work and sends its own invoice. We are not paid by the customer. There is no local office in Orleans Parish.

Start with Request Help. The fastest way to get help is the Request Help form; available 24/7/365. You do not need to write a graphic account of what happened.