Covid19 Hygiene

Hand hygiene is extremely important to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. What can I do to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the workplace? Can you contract the coronavirus disease by touching a surface ? Can the coronavirus survive on surfaces ?

The World Health Organisation makes the following recommendations in the workplace

(1) Make sure your workplaces are clean and hygienic – Surfaces(e.g.desks and tables)and objects(eg.telephones,,keyboards) need to be wiped with disinfectant regularly

Why? Because contamination on surfaces touched by employees and customers is one of the main ways that COVID-19 spreads.

(2) Promote regular and thorough hand-washing by employees, contractors, and customers – Put sanitizing handrub dispensers in prominent places around the workplace. Make sure these dispensers are regularly refilled – Display posters promoting hand-washing – Combine with other communication measures such as offering guidance from occupational health and safety officers, briefings at meetings, and information on intranet sites to promote hand-washing – Make sure that staff, contractors, and customers have access to places where they can wash their hands with soap and water

Why? Because washing kills the virus on your hands and prevents the spread of COVID- 19.

(3) Promote good respiratory hygiene in the workplace – Display posters promoting respiratory hygiene. Combine this with other communication measures such as guidance from occupational health and safety officers, briefing at meetings, and information on the intranet, etc. – Ensure that face masks or paper tissues are available at your workplaces, for those who develop a runny nose or cough at work, along with closed bins for hygienically disposing of them

Why? Because good respiratory hygiene prevents the spread of COVID-19.