What to Do in the Office – Guide for All Employees – Newsbeast

A complete guide to its prevention COVID-19, addressed to employees of various categories, was written by the Scientific Committee of the Medical Association of Athens and the Region of Attica.

Scientists have developed coronavirus prevention guidelines for employees in schools, food production and distribution units, offices, cleaning, technical services, primary health care facilities, indoor hospitals and vulnerable groups.

Instructions for office workers

• Apply preventive practices, physical distance, precautions against coughing and sneezing, washing hands, and avoiding facial contact.
• Periodically disinfect your desktop, monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
• Don’t borrow office supplies
• The works must be separated by at least 1.5 meters.
• The distances between the employees of the space must be constantly greater than 1.5 meters.
• Do not use elevators.
• Very good ventilation of the space with outside air.
• The use of air conditioning should be avoided
• If this is not possible, it must be put into continuous operation (24/7) maintaining very good natural ventilation of the space (open window).
• Reduce, as necessary, physical contact between them. employees (during meetings, breaks or meals).
• If the work meeting becomes mandatory, take all the precautionary measures, do a good pre-briefing and complete it in less than 10 minutes.
• Travel to other offices should be limited to what is absolutely necessary.
• Contact with the public always by appointment and for a very short time.
• The use of a mask is mandatory, if there is a second person in the office.

What should a boss do if an employee has symptoms of COVID-19?

• If you are at work, inform your occupational physician and COVID-19 manager.
• He leads the worker to an isolation area, who washes his hands, wears a mask and gloves, does not come into contact with other people, and leaves after receiving medical treatment.
• Seek medical attention immediately and inform EODY if the employee feels unwell. If he feels good, he goes home.
• You stay at home with a mask, in a well-ventilated room, away from your roommates.
• Undergoes a test (molecular test)

What should the boss do if an employee comes to work with COVID-19 symptoms?

• It does not allow him to join the service, informs the Occupational Doctor and ΕΟΔΥ
• Advises you to go home unless you need hospitalization.

If you take a test and it comes back positive?

• Inform supervisor, occupational doctor and EODY, mentioning possible contacts (eg, colleagues from the same area)

Bath instructions

• Make sure there is only one person in the bathroom at a time.
• The container with the liquid soap must be operated with your feet.
• Wash your hands well between your palms and between your fingers.
• Use hand towels to clean your hands.
• Do not use hand dryers.
• Evacuation of the toilet bowl should be done with the lid closed.
• There must be continuous natural ventilation of the space through windows.

General ventilation instructions – cleaning

• Natural ventilation of all areas at regular intervals.
• Frequent cleaning of smooth surfaces of frequent use [πόμολα, χερούλια, κουπαστή από σκάλες ή κιγκλίδωμα, ανελκυστήρες, διακόπτες, βρύσες] with common cleaners, i.e. water and liquid soap, or a 10% household bleach solution (1 part household bleach diluted in 10 parts water) or alcoholic antiseptic.
• Cleaning work by staff should be performed with durable disposable or reusable gloves, mask, and work uniform.
• Gloves and mask after use must be disposed of immediately in plastic bags in containers.
• No attempt is made to clean or wash disposable gloves and reuse them.
• Toilet sinks should always have a bottle of liquid laundry soap and disposable paper towels, which should be disposed of in the containers next to the sinks.
• All garbage containers must have a foot cover and contain a disposable plastic bag.
• Thorough cleaning of common objects, computer keyboard and mouse, telephones, copiers, fax machines, printers.
• Container plastic bags, when full, should be tied tightly and removed immediately.
• What should you do if you have symptoms of COVID-19?
• If you are at work, inform your boss, wash your hands, wear a mask and gloves, avoid contact with other people, go to the isolation area and leave, after seeking immediate medical attention.
• You stay home with me mask, in a well-ventilated room, away from your roommates.

See the guide in detail here