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Jim Young/Reuters Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Flipboard Share via Email Comments World Biology Medicine Ebola Dallas As a Texas-based emergency cleaning company, Cleaning Guys rarely finds itself caught at the center of national attention. But on Thursday, the private biohazard cleanup service—which is listed under the full name "CG Environmental – Cleaning Guys" and has locations in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin—landed a particularly high-profile assignment: decontaminating the Dallas apartment recently occupied by Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan. "We were notified yesterday," said Kasey Bonner, a coordinator at Cleaning Guys' office. "We have no idea of the duration of this project. I'm pretty sure that the only option is to have it completed today." Duncan is being treated in an isolation unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, while four of his family members are under quarantine at the apartment, where they are under orders to remain until October 19. SUBSCRIBE NOW FROM JUST $1 PER MONTH > Asked if this job is different from a routine cleanup, Bonner answered with an emphatic "Um, yeah." Related Stories * More Than 80 people Had Contact With Ebola Patient * How Hospitals Test for Ebola "Given the fact that Ebola has never been in the United States? This is much more advanced than a simple hazmat [hazardous materials] cleanup that we've ever done," Bonner told Newsweek. Despite that, she rejects any fears about contracting the disease, which can spread through contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected human or animal. "Our guys, they're highly trained," Bonner said. "We're not worried about that at all. We respond to bio jobs quite often. The only difference is this is a disease-infected situation. 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