COVID-19 STAFF GUIDELINE – PPE IN THE WORKPLACE, GENERAL GOOD HYGIENE AND PREVENTATIVE PRACTICE.
Based on the available evidence, the COVID-19 virus is transmitted between people through close contact and airborne droplets. The people most at risk of infection are those who are in close contact with a COVID-19 patient (within 1 meter for a length of time) or who care for COVID-19 patients. You can be infected by touching a contaminated surface and then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth before washing your hands. Preventing and mitigation measures are in key both healthcare and community settings.
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The most important preventative measures you can take are:
- Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and/or sanitize your hands with 70% alcohol-based sanitizer frequently.
- Do not touch your face, your eyes, nose, or mouth without having washed or sanitized your hands.
- Practice social distancing at all times i.e keep a 1 to 2-meter distance between yourself and everybody else.
- Practice respiratory hygiene at all times. This means coughing or sneezing into your bent elbow or into a tissue. Discard the tissue and wash/sanitize your hands immediately thereafter.
- Sanitise all surface including that you frequently touch with an alcohol-based or jik/sodium hypochlorite-based disinfectant – frequently.
- Stay at least 1 – 2 meters away from people who are coughing and sneezing
- Stay away from crowds of people.