What Water Damage Threatens Your Poughkeepsie Clinic

6/3/2019 (Permalink)

Backups in the bathrooms upstairs can cause leaks in your clinic. Call SERVPRO to dry and sanitize your office today!

Recovery Professionals Mitigate Commercial Water Damage in Clinics in Poughkeepsie

The staff working in medical and dental clinics throughout Poughkeepsie do their best to follow the many regulations required of such medical facilities. Regular cleaning and sanitation of facilities and instruments prevent cross-contamination from harming patients.

Backed up drains and other problems in clinics can create situations involving commercial water damage in Poughkeepsie . SERVPRO's goal is to help your clinic recover as fast as possible and resume standard patient care in a clean and healthy environment after any event involving water.

When backups happen within a basin, where water forcefully comes up through the drain, using chemicals to sanitize the area happens before and after cleaning away of any solid materials. Thorough rinsing ensures that the basin can once again function properly, which includes the faucet, handles, and other parts above the sink, as splashing of dirty water can easily contaminate these components.

Water damage that comes from clogged toilets and sewage-spewing drains in the floor also means inevitable contamination within a space that should remain free of pathogens and other microscopic dangers. In clinics, the removal of sewer-saturated carpets becomes crucial in protecting the clinic's patients and employees. Different flooring types can harbor microbes below their top-most surfaces. Untreated, this water can give mold a perfect setting in which to grow, leaving the area smelling musty and dirty. Our water damage professionals can clean floors thoroughly and leave them "Like it never even happened."

Water damage can also come from overhead, mainly when a clinic locates within an older residential property where bathroom fixtures or other plumbing breaks on the second or third floor. While this water poses substantially less risk than water from backups, water damage can still make it possible for microbes to flourish on the walls and ceilings in the clinic on the ground floor. The release of spores into the air contaminates exam rooms, causing possible health effects in clinic workers and patients. Water damage can also show up as flaky paint on walls or crumbling acoustic tiles, which can settle on surfaces below.

Our intensive training from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) gives us the knowledge to help get things back to normal within any setting, including clinics and hospitals. SERVPRO of NW & SE Dutchess County is always ready to mitigate water damage from any source. Clinics in Red Hook, Millerton, and Tivoli can continue providing patient care in a safe and healthy environment with proper mitigation and restoration. Call us at (845) 635-4550, so we can help you maintain your clinic's interior.

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