Germs in The Workplace

3/14/2020 (Permalink)

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Although the flu season is at its end, reports of influenza and strep are running rampant throughout the community; not to mention the introduction of COVID-19.

What steps can you take as a business to protect your employees?

• Handwashing
  • While probably the step most skipped over, a recent study states that most people only wash their hands for about 6 seconds. The CDC recommends washing your hands for at least 20 seconds. Washing your hands often, before you eat, after you sneeze and regularly are extremely important.
  • Consider setting up hand-washing stations in and out of your facility and request employees wash their hands when entering and exiting.
  • Providing hand sanitizer for employees on their desks who often greet customers would be an additional step to help keep your employees healthy.
• Sanitizing Break Rooms
  • Does your break room get deep cleaned regularly? The counters wiped off and cleaned with an anti-bacterial cleaner? Consider putting an employee or two in charge of this task a few times throughout the day.
• Sanitizing Commonly Used Items
  • While each business is different, some employees may share phones, walkie-talkies, computers, etc. Keeping these commonly used items cleaned and cleaned often with sanitizer near by can help prevent germs from spreading.

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