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Facility Hygiene and Sanitation Procedures <br />Regular housekeeping practices, including routine cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces, <br />equipment, and other elements of the work environment such as doorknobs, light switches, <br />handles, toilets, faucets, etc., will be maintained. <br />a. Cleaning products with EPA -approved emerging viral pathogens claims (click here for <br />a list of qualified disinfectants), diluted household bleach solutions (5 tablespoons per <br />gallon of water), or alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol that are appropriate for <br />the surface will be used. <br />b. Workers will be trained on the chemical hazards, manufacturer's directions (e.g., <br />concentration, application method and contact time, PPE), ventilation, and requirements <br />for safe use. <br />Sanitation and disinfection will need to happen after persons suspected/confirmed to have <br />COVID-19 have been at the workplace. Areas visited by the ill persons will be closed off to all <br />but those responsible for sanitation and disinfection. <br />a. Outside doors and windows will be opened where possible and ventilating fans will be <br />used to increase air circulation. in the area. Cleaning and disinfection will begin at least <br />24 hours (or as long as possible) after appropriate ventilation. <br />b. Cleaning staff should sanitize and disinfect all areas such as offices, bathrooms, <br />common areas, shared electronic equipment like tablets, touch screens, keyboards, <br />remote controls, and anything else used by the ill persons, focusing especially on <br />frequently touched surfaces. If needed, the space will be vacuumed with a vacuum <br />equipped with high -efficiency particular air (NEPA) filter. <br />Return to Work <br />Employees with COVID-19 who have stayed home (home isolated) can stop home isolation <br />after these three things have happened: <br />a. At least 24 hours have passed since resolution of fever without the use of fever -reducing <br />medications; AND <br />b. Other symptoms have improved (for example, when your cough, fatigue, sore throat, or <br />shortness of breath have improved); AND <br />c. At least 10 days have passed since your symptoms first appeared. <br />Note: A limited dumber of persons with severe illness may produce replication -competent virus <br />beyond 10 days, that may warrant extending duration of isolation for up to 20 days after <br />symptom onset. Consider consultation with infection control experts. See <br />Discontinuation of Transmission -Based Precautions and Disposition of <br />Patients with COVID-19 in Healthcare Settinas (Interim Guidance). <br />A test -based strategy is no longer recommended to determine when to discontinue home <br />isolation, except in consultation with infectious disease experts in certain circumstances for <br />persons who are severely immunocompromised. For all others, the test -based strategy is only <br />recommended to discontinue isolation or other precautions earlier than would occur under the <br />symptom -based strategy outlined above. <br />The test -based strategy requires two negative test results taken at least 24 hours apart. All test <br />results should be final before isolation is ended. <br />Note: See Interim Guidelines for Collecting Handling and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for <br />Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) <br />AUM <br />CONSTRUCTION, <br />INC. <br />Page <br />8 <br />©2020 U.S. <br />Compliance <br />Systems, <br />Inc. <br />(SSa) <br />475-5353. <br />Permission is <br />granted to <br />. <br />AUM <br />CONSTRUCTION, <br />INC. <br />Page <br />8 <br />©2020 U.S. <br />Compliance <br />Systems, <br />Inc. <br />(SSa) <br />475-5353. <br />Permission is <br />granted to <br />copy <br />for <br />internal use. <br />