Steps To Consider
It is almost time where business are going to start opening their doors to the public once again. Does this mean that the Covid-19 pandemic has come to a halt? No, but businesses need to open to survive. People are anxious to open. Businesses are preparing to reopen. There are many recommendations in place by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) as well as other companies on how you should go about reopening. People’s health are still at risk. So, these recommended steps should be considered because it is there to help lower the spread of this virus.
Preparing to Reopen
The CDC has created some guidelines on whether or not you should be considered ready to open. They created some questions you can answer yourself to see if you’re ready. A few of these questions are as follow:
- Are you following orders and are protecting high risk employees?
- Are you promoting safe practices such as cleaning, wearing face coverings, and social distancing?
- Have a good ventilation system in place? (Visit our products page for quality filtration)
- Is there a monitoring system in place?
These are just a few questions you may need to answer before you should consider reopening, to see the list, visit the workplace decision tool created by the CDC.
Do You Have A Plan?
If you don’t have a reopening plan in order, the CDC has also created a guideline you may follow to help you put a plan in place. You may visit the guidance here, or you can also search through the CDC website to view all of their recommendations. The guidance has been put together for everyone to use, not just for businesses. It explains how you can go about using products to help kill the virus on surfaces, how and what to clean/disinfect on certain materials, how to keep a safe behavioral practice, and more. However, these plans should always be maintained and revised as new information comes into play.
Safe Practices in the Workplace
Some of the safe practices in a work environment that OSHA recommends is upgrading to high-efficiency filters as well as creating physical work barriers and increasing ventilation. Using a Negative Air pressure system can help reduce the spread of airborne pathogens as well. Workers should wear face coverings. EFS has custom cut high-efficiency M16 filter media to help aid in the creation of custom DIY face coverings, if you want to add an extra layer of protection to your face covering.
Conclusion
There are many steps you can take to help promote a safer environment for everyone around you. Also, there are quite a few resources for you to look through to take needed steps leading up to your opening. Here is a reference list that we have come across that may help you.
- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/workplace-decision-tool.html
- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/reopen-guidance.html
- https://www.ashrae.org/file%20library/about/position%20documents/pd_infectiousaerosols_2020.pdf
- https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf
We are all in this together and we must all take the necessary steps to keep the people around us more safe and to help lower the curve. These steps are in please to help reduce the spread of this virus. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding our filtration products.
