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Sydney-based Lee Iordanidis has detailed her 30 year career as a crime scene cleaner in a wide-ranging interview with Liam Bartlett.

Ms Iordanidis, who’s grandfather was a grave-digger, decided to join the profession after her friend died and the parents were told to “clean it up”.

“So I went to Bunnings and bought a painters suit, some boots, gloves and cleaning products,” she said on 6PR Mornings.

“And went in, and came out, and thought if I can do it for a friend, I can do it for anybody.”

Interest in the profession has piqued after the success of British comedy The Cleaner – a black comedy following the life of a crime scene cleaner.

“People don’t think about what we have to do,” Ms Iordanidis said.

“We can’t make a coffee, we can’t use the toilet that’s in the house, so we have to find other places to go to the loo.

“It’s not glamorous in any way, shape or form, but it’s rewarding.”

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