With the extremely complicated development of the respiratory tract inflammation caused by corona virus today, the prevention of nCoV in the workplace is essential. Follow the article below to know more.
Prevention of CoV in the workplace for employees
Increase personal hygiene, regularly wash your hands with soap or an antiseptic solution for household and medical use
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth
Cover your mouth or nose when you cough or sneeze with a tissue or your sleeve
Maintain healthy habits such as working out mid-shifts, actively being physically active, eating hygienic, healthy foods, keeping nose and throat warm, improving fitness. Limit contact with people with acute respiratory diseases (fever, cough, shortness of breath), in case of necessity to wear a proper medical mask and keep contact distance.
If you find yourself or the person working together with fever, cough, difficulty breathing, ..., it is necessary to notify the employer, the person doing the medical work at the workplace for advice.
Recommendation against workplace nCoV for employers
Encourage sick employees to stay home
Employees with acute respiratory symptoms should stay home and do not work unless they are free of fever, and do not have any other respiratory symptoms for at least 24 hours provided fever-reducing medicines are not used. symptomatic treatment (such as cough medicine). Employees should notify management staff and stay home if sick.
Make sure that the company has a flexible and consistent policy with the medical guidelines and that the staff is aware of them.
It is important to discuss the importance of keeping sick employees at home with your contract or temporary labor supply partners for your business and encouraging the partner to adopt a policy of sick leave without penalty.
Allow employees with acute respiratory diseases to stay home from sick leave without a doctor's note.
Employers need to maintain flexible policies that allow employees at home to take care of sick family members. Be aware that there will be more staff at home due to illness, childcare or other family members getting sick.
Separate sick staff
The CDC recommends separating staff with acute respiratory symptoms (coughing, difficulty breathing) from other staff members and going home immediately. Sick employees should use a tissue or their elbow (when a tissue is not available) to cover their mouth and nose when coughing, sneezing, or runny nose.
It is important to emphasize the importance of staying home when sick, rules for hand hygiene and breathing rules for all staff.
Post posters outside the doors of the work area and other operating positions in the office with content to recommend staying home when sick, rules to apply when coughing, sneezing, and rules for hand hygiene to everyone can read it.
Provide disposable tissue to staff.
Instruct staff to wash their hands frequently with soap or water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer (concentration at least 60%) for 20 seconds. Prefer to use soap and water if hands have obvious stains.
Provide soap and alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the workplace. Need to ensure supply of these materials. Place hand sanitizer containers in multiple locations or in conference rooms to encourage hand hygiene.
Make sure staff are aware of hand hygiene rules and follow them correctly when sneezing, runny nose or coughing.
Clean the environment regularly
Clean work area surfaces regularly and periodically, such as desks, keyboards and door handles. Use the cleaning solution commonly used for these items and follow the directions on the label.
Provide disposable toilet paper for staff to regularly clean work surfaces (such as door handles, keyboards, remote controls, desk tops) before use.
Advise staff to take the following steps before traveling for business or travel
Carefully read the instructions and recommend the latest version of the health department about traveling to another country. Special care is required when traveling to or returning from China.
Advise staff to self-check for acute respiratory symptoms before traveling or business, notify their supervisor and stay home if ill.
Make sure that employees who are sick while traveling or on business understand that they must notify their manager and call the nearest medical facility for advice.
Other recommendations in current 2019-nCoV epidemic phase
Employees who are healthy but living with someone infected with 2019-nCoV should notify their immediate supervisor and the nearest medical facility.
If an employee is infected with 2019-nCoV, it is important to notify management immediately and inform any close contact. Employees who have had close contact with their 2019-nCoV-infected colleague should also notify their manager immediately.
Planning for a 2019-nCoV outbreak in Vietnam
It is still unclear how many people are likely to be infected with 2019-nCoV in Vietnam. Therefore, employers need to plan flexibly respond to different outbreak levels and refine business plans if necessary.
For the general public, including employees in non-medical facilities and workplaces where there is no risk of exposure to corona virus , 2019-nCoV poses a low risk to health. Will need to monitor and regularly update the latest information from the Ministry of Health.
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