What you will not read here
- Star ratings, reviews or testimonials
- License numbers, badges or certification claims
- Promises about what insurance or a state program pays
- Arrival times or response-time promises
- Graphic descriptions of any scene
What you will read
- Costs from published cost guides, with the guide named and the year shown
- State rules on biohazard waste taken from the agency that sets them
- Local figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and the CDC, with the source on every page
- The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988, wherever suicide is mentioned
Questions to ask any cleanup company
Whoever does the work, these questions protect you:
- Which state or local registrations do you hold for hauling medical waste, and can I check them?
- Do your workers have a bloodborne pathogens exposure control plan and training under the OSHA standard?
- Will you give me the scope and price in writing before you start?
- How will the waste be packed, hauled and documented?
- Can you send a certificate of liability insurance?