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CDC: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Maintain a healthy work environment
Consider improving the engineering
controls using the building ventilation
system. This may include some or all of
the following activities:
• Increase ventilation rates.
• Increase the percentage of outdoor air
that circulates into the system.
Support respiratory etiquette and hand
hygiene for employees, customers, and
worksite visitors:
• Provide tissues and no-touch disposal
receptacles.
• Provide soap and water in the
workplace. If soap and water are not
readily available, use alcohol-based
hand sanitizer that is at least 60%
alcohol. If hands are visibly dirty, soap
and water should be chosen over hand
sanitizer. Ensure that adequate supplies
are maintained.
• Place hand sanitizers in multiple
locations to encourage hand hygiene.
• Place posters that encourage hand
hygiene to help stop the spread at the
entrance to your workplace and in
other workplace areas where they are
likely to be seen.
• Discourage handshaking – encourage
the use of other noncontact methods of
greeting.
• Direct employees to visit the coughing
and sneezing etiquette and clean hands
webpage for more information.
Perform routine environmental cleaning
and disinfection:
• Routinely clean and disinfect all frequently
touched surfaces in the workplace, such
as workstations, keyboards, telephones,
handrails, and doorknobs.
• If surfaces are dirty, they should be
cleaned using a detergent or soap and
water prior to disinfection.
• For disinfection, most common
EPA-registered household disinfectants
should be effective. A list of products that
are EPA-approved for use against the
virus that causes COVID-19 is available.
Follow the manufacturer’s instructions
for all cleaning and disinfection products
(e.g., concentration, application method
and contact time, etc.).
• Discourage workers from using other
workers’ phones, desks, offices, or other
work tools and equipment, when possible.
If necessary, clean and disinfect them
before and after use.
• Provide disposable wipes so that
commonly used surfaces (for example,
doorknobs, keyboards, remote controls,
desks, other work tools and equipment)
can be wiped down by employees before
each use. To disinfect, use products that
meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-
Cov-2external icon, the cause of COVID-
19, and are appropriate for the surface.
Perform enhanced cleaning and disinfection
after persons suspected/confirmed
to have COVID-19 have been in the facility:
• If a sick employee is suspected or
confirmed to have COVID-19, follow
the CDC cleaning and disinfection
recommendations.
Implementing Safety Practices for
Critical Infrastructure Workers Who
May Have Had Exposure to a Person
with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
To ensure continuity of operations
of essential functions, CDC advises that
critical infrastructure workers may be
permitted to continue work following
potential exposure to COVID-19, provided
they remain asymptomatic and additional
precautions are implemented to protect
them and the community.
A potential exposure means being a
household contact or having close contact
within 6 feet of an individual with confirmed
or suspected COVID-19. The timeframe for
having contact with an individual includes
the period of time of 48 hours before the
individual became symptomatic.
Critical Infrastructure workers who have
had an exposure but remain asymptomatic
should adhere to the following practices
prior to and during their work shift:
• Pre-Screen: Employers should
measure the employee’s temperature
and assess symptoms prior to them
starting work. Ideally, temperature
checks should happen before the
individual enters the facility.
• Regular Monitoring: As long as the
employee doesn’t have a temperature
or symptoms, they should self-monitor
under the supervision of their employer’s
occupational health program.
• Wear a Mask: The employee should
wear a face mask at all times while in the
workplace for 14 days after last exposure.
Employers can issue facemasks or can
approve employees’ supplied cloth face
coverings in the event of shortages.
• Social Distance: The employee should
maintain 6 feet and practice social
distancing as work duties permit in the
workplace.
• Disinfect & Clean workspaces: Clean
and disinfect all areas such as offices,
bathrooms, common areas, shared
electronic equipment routinely.
If the employee becomes sick during the
day, they should be sent home immediately.
Surfaces in their workspace should be cleaned
and disinfected. Information on persons who
had contact with the ill employee during the
time the employee had symptoms and 2
days prior to symptoms should be compiled.
Others at the facility with close contact within
6 feet of the employee during this time would
be considered exposed.
Employers should implement the
recommendations in the Interim Guidance
for Businesses and Employers to Plan and
Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 to help
prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19
in the workplace. Additional information
about identifying critical infrastructure during
COVID-19 can be found on the CDC’s
specific First Responder Guidance page.
HOW TO CLEAN AND DISINFECT
MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT
Current evidence, though still
preliminary, suggests that SARS-CoV-2,
the virus that causes COVID-19, may
remain viable for hours to days on
surfaces made from a variety of materials.
It may be possible that a person can
get COVID-19 by touching a surface or
object that has the virus on it and then
touching their own mouth, nose, or
possibly their eyes, but this is not thought
to be the main way the virus spreads.
If the machinery or equipment in
question are not accessible to employees
or have not been in contact with someone
infected with COVID-19, they will not
present an exposure hazard.
If machinery or equipment are
thought to be contaminated and can be
cleaned, follow the CDC cleaning and
disinfection recommendations. First clean
dirty surfaces with soap and water. Second,
disinfect surfaces using products that meet
EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-Cov-
2external iconexternal icon and are appropriate
for the surface.
If machinery or equipment are thought
to be contaminated and cannot be cleaned,
they can be isolated. Isolate papers or any
soft (porous) surfaces for a minimum of
24 hours before handling. After 24 hours,
remove soft materials from the area and
clean the hard (non-porous) surfaces per
the cleaning and disinfection recommendations.
Isolate hard (non-porous) surfaces
that cannot be cleaned and disinfected for
a minimum of 7 days before handling.
STEPS FOR
WORKERS
DO
✔ Take your temperature before work.
✔ Wear a face mask at all times.
✔ Practice social distancing in the
workplace as work duties permit.
DON’T
✔ Stay at work if you become sick.
✔ Share headsets or objects used near face.
✔ Congregate in the break room or other
crowded places.
STEPS FOR
EMPLOYERS
DO
✔ Take employee’s temperature and assess
symptoms prior to their starting work.
✔ If an employee becomes sick during the
day, send them home immediately.
✔ Test the use of face masks to ensure they
do not interfere with workflow.
✔ Increase air exchange in the building.
✔ Increase the frequency of cleaning
commonly touched surfaces.
HOW TO
REOPEN AFTER
A SHUTDOWN
✔ Follow CDC guidance for cleaning
and disinfection.
✔ Wait 24 hours before cleaning and
disinfecting to minimize potential for
exposure to respiratory droplets. If 24
hours is not feasible, wait as long as
possible.
✔ Open outside doors and windows to
increase air circulation in the area.
✔ Clean dirty surfaces with soap and
water prior to disinfection.
✔ Next, disinfect surfaces
using products that meet EPA’s
criteria for use against SARS-Cov-
2external iconexternal icon, the virus
that causes COVID-19, and that are
appropriate for the surface.
✔ Follow the manufacturer’s
instructions for all cleaning
and disinfection products for
concentration, application method,
contact time, and required PPE.
Operations can resume as soon as
the cleaning and disinfection are
completed.
14 | AUTO DETAILING NEWS | VOL. 5, NO. 2 • SUMMER 2020