Working to Prevent Infections in your Workplace: Screen & Sanitise

Businesses are restarting after “hibernation” and, as we begin, and people circulate more, we ask how we minimize the risk of sharing COVID-19 or other viruses. The risk of the pandemic regaining a foothold in Australia remains. And the risk is significant for businesses should the virus infect within.

What can, and are, businesses doing to minimize the risk?

Here is a summary of the most effective measures adopted in different Australian businesses.

Ask your team to use the COVIDSafe App. Should someone get exposed to the virus the App means that fast tracing is possible. Find out more information here: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app

Keep Social Distancing Top of Mind. Businesses can do this by:

• signage
• minimise the number of people working together
• work from home if possible
• alternate work days or rotate shifts
• spread out desks
• restrict visitors
• add screens to create a physical barrier
• use teleconferencing rather than face-to-face meetings

With everyone’s health in mind, here are some of the most effective actions that are being put in place in different workplaces:

• Temperature Screening
  • Have team members take their temperature before leaving home
  • Conduct Temperature checks when all people enters the workplace
  • Ideally us Non-Contact Digital Thermometers
  • send anyone with a fever home and suggest they get tested
• Checklist Before Entering the Workplace
  • add signs so ensure team-members and visitors
  • restrict entry is
    • the person has a fever or feels unwell
    • has been in contact with someone known to have COVID-19 in the last 3 weeks
  • send anyone with who feels unwell home and suggest they get tested
  • keep a record of all visitors – name, address, and phone
• Wear a Mask
  • when screening
  • when traveling on public transport
  • where-ever, whenever
• Disinfect and Clean
  • post signs to promote frequent hand washing and disinfecting
  • make hand sanitiser and antibacterial wipes readily available
  • ensure everyone cleans and sanitisers hands when entering the workplace
  • clean and disinfect all areas such as desks, offices, bathrooms, common areas, shared electronic equipment routinely
  • Various sanitising products can be found here
• Let air circulate

Stay up to date with State and Federal information.

Various Sanitise and Screening bundles are available here from our sponsor First Aid Kits Australia.