Category 3 Bio Hazards

A category 3 bio hazard may arise from a minor incident involving a single person (usually) and may require vomit/faeces/blood cleanup – and the clean-up of other bodily fluids. The area affected will be limited, with nominal spread or splatter. The task of eliminating any biohazard risk should be fairly straight forward.

A single bio hazard cleaner may be able to clean the scene on his or her own.

Examples of category 3:

• Act of violence requiring crime scene cleaners
• Minor industrial accident
• Flesh Wounds,
• Vomit
• Presence of sharps

A bioengineer, having achieved a Primary Qualification, is legally permitted to work on the decontamination of category 3 bio hazard scenes, together with all other categories. A bio first aider, with a Secondary Qualification, can also attend category 3 incidents without the supervision of a bioengineer.