There are a wide variety of biological hazards that can pose a threat to human health through infection. For an infection to occur, the infectious agent needs to enter the body and then grow/replicate to the extent that it causes an adverse reaction. There are many types of infectious agents, including fungi (yeast and moulds), bacteria, viruses and parasites. In order for an infection to occur, there has to be a source of the infectious agent (e.g. an infected human or surface contamination), a susceptible person (with a way for the agent to enter the body), and a means of transmission (that is, how the infectious agent gets from the source to the susceptible person).
Safetech provides specialized services using state-of-the-art equipment and qualified laboratories to identify environmental sources of infectious agents and confirm that impacted surfaces have been properly cleaned, disinfected and fit for occupancy. Safetech also designs and oversees environmental infection control projects and provides recommendations for proper decontamination procedures (e.g., containment, engineering controls, personal protective equipment, cleaning and disinfection methods) based on the nature of the work and known or suspected infectious agent(s) present.