COVID -19

Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

SYMPTOMS

Respiratory illness

• Cough
• Fever

Severe case

• Difficulty in breathing

HOW IT SPREADS

• Contact with an infected person
• Cough or sneeze
• Touching eyes, nose, or mouth after touching the surface or objects with virus on it

“High frequency” touch surfaces

• Telephone
• Mobile phone/pager
• Door knobs / handles
• Lift/elevator buttons
• Keypad & Mouse
• Chair arms (including wheel chairs)
• Hand rails
• Side rails of stretchers

Cleaning Protocol

1. Residential areas

• Solution to be used 
  •  7% Lysol
• PPE to be used
  • Glove
  • Mask
  • Apron
• FREQUENCY
  • Sweeping and mopping twice daily (morning and evening).
  • Cleaning of the hand rails of the stairs cases, grill- twice daily.
  • Lifts to be wiped on all sides including the floor- twice daily
  • Main doors, door handles, knobs to be cleaned every 4 hours.
  • Recreation clubs to be cleaned twice daily
  • 7% Lysol spray in common areas with high touch points like gates, barricades once a day by Environmental engineering team.
  • Common waiting area chairs (outside the buildings) to be cleaned every 4 hours.

2. Bus / Institutional Vehicles

• All seats, seat handles, handrails, window rails, windows, doors to be cleaned after every trip. Ventilate for 30 minutes.
• Floor of the bus, tyres to be cleaned twice a day. 
• Body of the bus to be wiped everyday morning. One round of 7% Lysol spray in the evening.

Hand Hygiene

Single most important step to cut down the spread of infections

Seven steps of effective hand washing