12B Clean
At 12B Clean, we don’t shy away from anything—and I mean absolutely anything—when it comes to cleaning. Our three divisions are staffed by intelligent and highly trained people who know exactly what is expected of them.
In Utrecht, too, it often happens that a person goes unnoticed after death. In some cases, the body is then in an advanced state of decomposition. The neighborhood is often alerted only by the foul odor that accompanies it.
We understand that requesting a cleanup of a crime scene is a sensitive matter. We know how to handle it. We are on call year-round, day and night, to perform emotionally and physically demanding cleanup work. To this end, we have a specially trained Crime Scene Clean Team.
In our country, a deceased person is found every other day who has gone unnoticed for more than a day. It even happens regularly that someone is found who has gone unnoticed for as long as half a year. These are people who have very little contact with others—mainly elderly men who live in isolation.
So we're talking about large numbers that are telling and that really matter. Because every single case is—in our view—one too many.
Every body (or cadaver) in a state of decomposition emits various types of odors due to the release of gases and compounds. The source of these odors must be addressed first. Afterward, the area must be immediately cleaned and disinfected by professionals. Where necessary, we eliminate these odors using ozone treatment.
We wear protective clothing, safety goggles, and masks—equipped with purified compressed air when necessary—to carry out the step-by-step plan under the proper conditions. We often finish within a few hours. By the time we leave, the space has been cleared of anything that still reminds one of the traumatic event.