Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County

Biohazard and trauma cleanup in Sunnyvale

If you are looking for the Sunnyvale police department, you will not find one under that name. Police work here is done by the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety.

Call (669) 274-0805

Answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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The numbers to keep

The department is at 700 All America Way. Its 24-hour non-emergency dispatch number is (408) 730-7100, which is also the number for records. The desk officer is on (408) 730-7110. Use 911 for anything urgent.

If officers attended a death or a crime at your address, they are the ones who say when it may be cleaned. Before they leave, ask for:

The report or event number
The name of the officer or detective in charge
Whether the whole home is released, or only part of it
Whether the Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office is involved, and whether it has finished

What to have ready for the cleanup company

The conversation goes faster if you can say what kind of building it is (a house, an apartment, a mobile home, an office), which floor, what covers the floor of the affected room, roughly how long ago it happened, and whether a van can park near the door. For a workplace, add when the space has to be back in use. None of it has to be exact.

If it happened at work

After an injury on the job, an employer has duties to its own staff. Federal rules on bloodborne pathogens cover any employee who is asked to clean up blood. Most employers avoid the question by closing the area and hiring a cleanup company. Tell your insurer and your building manager the same day.

A death at a Sunnyvale workplace or home comes under the county Medical Examiner-Coroner in San Jose, (408) 793-1900. Your funeral home handles the release paperwork with that office.