COVID-19
Safety Procedures Policy
Effective
June 22, 2020 until further notice
Health
and Cleaning
All
employees must:
·
wear masks at all
times;
·
clean and
disinfect their high touch working areas frequently;
·
ventilate the
rooms frequently;
·
wash/sanitize
hands at least once an hour;
·
notify executive
director if sick and stay home
Social distancing
·
Employees and
clients must maintain at least 6-feet distance all the time;
·
all the
educational activities must be conducted remotely;
·
interviews/testing
must be conducted by appointment only;
·
if clients are
scheduled for face to face testing, they will have to sign the consent form
(the form will be sent to them before test time is scheduled)
·
if it is
necessary to provide a service face-to-face, require customers to wear masks or
face covering and bring their own pens and pencils;
·
if the weather
allows, a service will be provided outside the facility (in this case the
folding tables and chairs will be placed at the facility backyard);
·
staff meetings
and training will be conducted virtually;
·
large groups of
clients are not allowed entering and leaving the building at the same time.
If there
is a COVID-19 exposure in the building
·
the facility will be closed for
cleaning;
·
each employee temperature will be
taken;
·
those who have temperature of
100.4 degrees F or higher will be sent home;
·
if employees have COVID-19
symptoms, they should stay home and notify the executive director; they should
follow CDC recommended guidance of home isolation.
Employees
who was in close contact with anyone known or suspected to have COVID-19 in the
last 14 days should adhere to practices set out by CDC
Customers
who was in close contact with anyone known or suspected to have COVID-19 in the
last 14 days, will be provided services remotely. Contact us at 215-856-7314.
Information
regarding exposure to COVID-19 will be kept confidential.
If you feel unsafe or concerned:
·
file a complaint with local health department or law enforcement
agency;
·
the occupational safety and health administration at OSHA.gov;
·
the PA Department of Health at healthpa.gov