Is it a safe work practice to wash human blood down the driveway?

Question

Today, two people where shot and there was a lot of blood that was on the grownd after they took them away, they just hosed the blood down the drive way!

Is this the proper procidure?

Answer 1

Yes, its fine. And as far as the comment about AIDS surviving, based on everything I've read, it is actually a quite fragile virus and can't live long at all outside a host white blood cell.  It is easily disinfected and doesn't live on inanimate objects and can't be carried by the air. The only way to get 'catch' it is for an  infected white blood cell from person to be transmitted into the blood stream of another person.

Answer 2

Yes

As long as lots of water is used it dilutes the blood so much that it is no longer a health issue.  All viruses will die in about three min once they are outside the body.  The fire department should still be washing the area after that time.   The scenes I have been on the area was rinsed for almost ten minutes.

Answer 3

sure, what else would you do with it?

Answer 4

After CSI had finished, yes, that would be the proper procedure.

Answer 5

Yes.

That's something that's been around for millenia.

edit: Yikes, do i have to spell it out for you?

In islamic holy grounds they have drains specifically created for washing away the blood of the guilty, in rome they used sand in gladiatorial arenas to soak it up so they could simply transport it to a different place - and that's been repeated with bullfights, if you hadn't noticed.

The same goes for medieval torture dungeons, h**l they even have drains in butchering plants designed for that specific purpose.

There, i spelled it out.

Still think i deserve that negative?

Answer 6

not the AIDS virus it can live out side the body for a long time hours even at high temp