Covid Cleaning
Help keep your business safe and clean for your employees, customers, and other stakeholders
Help keep your business safe and clean for your employees, customers, and other stakeholders
Published 19 Nov 2021
Covid cleaning is a cleaning and disinfecting method that follows standard practices according to specific regulations for the type of facility. This practice helps reduce the spread of the virus that causes covid-19. Healthcare facilities and businesses have different cleaning and disinfection minimum requirements.
Follow CDC guidelines for cleaning and hygiene to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Use this cleaning checklist in your workplace and empower the cleaning staff with the right steps in cleaning and disinfection.
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The virus that causes covid-19 is mainly airborne and can land on surfaces. There is a possibility that a person can get infected if they touch the surface and then touch their eyes, mouth, or nose without cleaning their hands beforehand. Even though there is low risk of transmission through surfaces, it is highly recommended to not only clean surfaces but also regularly wash or sanitize hands. Covid cleaning is an important practice to reduce the risk of infection.
Covid cleaning should be done at least once a day when there’s no confirmed or suspected covid positive employee, customer, or visitor. The CDC explained that this will sufficiently eliminate or decrease the likelihood of spreading the virus.
Additional measure to include is to disinfect surfaces. Disinfection kills any remaining germs or viruses which further reduces risks of covid infection. Another reminder from the CDC is to clean and disinfect shared spaces more often. High traffic areas are more prone to spreading bacteria since surfaces in these areas are used more frequently.
Clean and disinfect the area within 24 hours if there is any sick, confirmed, or suspected covid-19 positive person in the workplace or facility.
OSHA’s best practices for covid cleaning during the pandemic is to create a plan, determine if disinfection is necessary, develop a routine, select proper cleaning supplies, inform and train employees, and lastly, evaluate the effectiveness of the cleaning method used. To break it down further, here are best practices for safe and effective cleaning as provided by OSHA:
Covid Cleaning and Disinfecting Guideline | SafetyCulture
Routine cleaning is still necessary even when there is no pandemic. Businesses know how important it is especially for the hospitality industry. Hotels receive tons of guests everyday where cleaning is a must before and after each use. Digital tools such as iAuditor by SafetyCulture can help manage and organize multiple SOPs including cleaning and disinfection.
Accor Hotel Group uses iAuditor to help streamline processes and ensure that every process is correctly conducted and documented. Julia Schamme, Accor Hotel Manager at Dubai Al Barsha said “For our hotel, iAuditor gives us the tools to check ourselves… It is a tracking system where we can analyze and elaborate on our performance in any given area of the hotel, based on Accor’s set standards.”
With iAuditor you can:
Officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 11, 2020, the respiratory disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that was first detected in Central China’s city of Wuhan on December 8, 2019. COVID-19 has then spread to almost all countries with over 16 million confirmed cases worldwide.
The flu and COVID-19 are both respiratory diseases with similar symptoms, but they are caused by two different viruses. Here are some similarities and differences between COVID-19 and the flu.
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In the absence of a medically approved vaccine for COVID-19, people are advised to follow precautionary measures to avoid getting infected and mitigate the further spread of the disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides some recommendations for individuals and families.
With changes to regulations and how things are supposed to be done in order to adapt to what’s called the “new normal,” businesses and organizations have implemented processes to comply with directives to stay in operation and contribute to the effort of keeping stakeholders safe. New checklists and templates—such as COVID-19 symptoms checklist, covid sign-in sheet, and covid 19 cleaning and disinfection log template—are being followed to help keep covid at bay.
The spread of COVID-19 has impacted businesses and industries worldwide, and it is best for employers to determine ways to prevent COVID-19 from becoming an occupational hazard. Businesses and organizations can practice the following to mitigate risks in the workplace:
COVID-19 is the latest pandemic to impact the world with confirmed cases increasing exponentially everyday. In the absence of a vaccine, the best defence against COVID-19 is to ensure that recommended protocols are followed to prevent getting infected and control its spread. iAuditor by SafetyCulture is a powerful inspection tool that can help make sure that steps are taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. With iAuditor, you can:
SafetyCulture provides the checklists, templates, and summaries below on a non-site specific and generic basis, and only for informational purposes. By using or downloading any of the checklists or templates, you are doing so at your own risk. You acknowledge that each checklist or template is not a substitute for professional advice.
A checklist for a site visit for cleaners in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
This is a complete covid cleaning checklist with instructions. There are separate sections for each type of surface such as soft surfaces, electronics, and laundry. This template was created based on CDC’s disinfecting building resources.
This covid cleaning checklist is more in depth, also contains instructions. The checklist is separated by a step-by-step procedure and includes reminders. This template was created based on this source.