Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plan
Prepare to Implement Basic Infection Prevention Measures
When developing the IDPR Plan, develop policies and procedures that emphasize basic infection prevention measures.
The IDPR Plan is only one component in the Business Continuity Plan.Washing hands often helps prevent infection.
As appropriate, all employers should give information and training on good hygiene and infection control practices, including:
- Personal Hygiene: Promote frequent and thorough hand washing, including by providing workers, customers, and worksite visitors with a place to wash their hands. If soap and running water are not immediately available, provide alcohol-based hand rubs containing at least 60% alcohol.
- Flexible work scheduling: Employers should explore establishing policies and practices, such as flexible worksites (e.g., telecommuting) and flexible work hours (e.g., staggered shifts). Require workers to stay home if they are sick. Encourage work at home when possible.
- Respiratory etiquette: Encourage properly covering coughs and sneezes.
- Waste containment: Provide customers and the public with tissues and trash receptacles.
- Social distancing: This measure and good personal hygiene are the two most effective measures to prevent infection. Increase the physical distance to at least 6 feet among employees and between employees and others, both on and off work, and do not shake hands.
- Sharing items: Discourage workers from using other workers' phones, desks, offices, or other work tools and equipment, when possible.
- Housekeeping: Maintain good housekeeping practices, including routine cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces, equipment, and other elements of the work environment. When choosing cleaning chemicals, employers should consult information on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -approved disinfectant labels with claims against emerging viral pathogens. Products with EPA-approved emerging viral pathogens claims are expected to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 based on data for harder to kill viruses.
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1-6. Which of the following are the two of the most important infection control practices to stress in the IDPR Plan?
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