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Keeping the workplace safe

Encourage your employees to…

Practice good hygiene

• Stop handshaking – use other noncontact methods of greeting
• Clean hands at the door and schedule regular hand washing reminders by email
• Create habits and reminders to avoid touching their faces and cover coughs and sneezes
• Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, desks, and handrails regularly
• Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning

Be careful with meetings and travel

• Use videoconferencing for meetings when possible
• When not possible, hold meetings in open, well-ventilated spaces
• Consider adjusting or postponing large meetings or gatherings
• Assess the risks of business travel

Handle food carefully

• Limit food sharing
• Strengthen health screening for cafeteria staff and their close contacts
• Ensure cafeteria staff and their close contacts practice strict hygiene

Stay home if…

• They are feeling sick
• They have a sick family member in their home

Keeping the school safe

Encourage your faculty, staff, and students to…

Practice good hygiene

• Stop handshaking – use other noncontact methods of greeting
• Clean hands at the door and at regular intervals
• Create habits and reminders to avoid touching their faces and cover coughs and sneezes
• Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, desks, and handrails regularly
• Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning

Consider rearranging large activities and gatherings

• Consider adjusting or postponing gatherings that mix between classes and grades
• Adjust after-school arrangements to avoid mixing between classes and grades
• When possible, hold classes outdoors or in open, well-ventilated spaces

Handle food carefully

• Limit food sharing
• Strengthen health screening for cafeteria staff and their close contacts
• Ensure cafeteria staff and their close contacts practice strict hygiene

Stay home if…

• They are feeling sick
• They have a sick family member in their home

Keeping the home safe

Encourage your family members to…

All households

• Clean hands at the door and at regular intervals
• Create habits and reminders to avoid touching their face and cover coughs and sneezes
• Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, and handrails regularly
• Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning

Households with vulnerable seniors or those with significant underlying conditions

• Significant underlying conditions include heart, lung, kidney disease; diabetes; and conditions that suppress the immune system
• Have the healthy people in the household conduct themselves as if they were a significant risk to the person with underlying conditions. For example, wash hands frequently before interacting with the person, such as by feeding or caring for the person
• If possible, provide a protected space for vulnerable household members
• Ensure all utensils and surfaces are cleaned regularly

Households with sick family members

• Give sick members their own room if possible, and keep the door closed
• Have only one family member care for them
• Consider providing additional protections or more intensive care for household members over 65 years old or with underlying conditions

Keeping commercial establishments safe

Encourage your employees and customers to…

• Practice good hygiene
• Stop handshaking – use other noncontact methods of greeting
• Clean hands at the door, and schedule regular hand washing reminders by email
• Promote tap and pay to limit handling of cash
• Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, desks, and handrails regularly
• Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning

Avoid crowding

• Use booking and scheduling to stagger customer flow
• Use online transactions where possible
• Consider limiting attendance at larger gatherings

For transportation businesses, taxis, and ride shares

• Keep windows open when possible
• Increase ventilation
• Regularly disinfect surfaces