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Tactical Solutions for
Workplace Safety During the
Coronavirus Pandemic
Rachel Allshiny
John Newquist
Janet Schulte
NATIONAL SAFETY EDUCATION CENTER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2020

Global Information as March 26,
2020
RAPID INCREASES GLOBAL SPREAD
Date Deaths Infected
March 26 1004 69,684
March 20 195 13,676
March 6 12 233
February 28 0 55
Infections and Deaths
495,086 Infected globally
69,684 Infected USA
7,503 deaths Italy
4,145 Deaths Spain
3,287 Deaths China
1,004 Death USA

What is a
Coronavirus?
● Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which
may cause illness in animals or humans.
● In humans, several coronaviruses are known to
cause respiratory infections ranging from the
common cold to more severe diseases such as
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
● The most recently discovered coronavirus
causes coronavirus disease COVID-19.

What is COVID-19?
• COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently
discovered coronavirus.
• This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began
in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Although it is constantly changing, as of early March 9, 2020:
● 111,228 confirmed cases of COVID-19
● 3,892 confirmed deaths from COVID-19
● 62,369 confirmed recovered patients

What is COVID-19?
Image via 3M
• COVID-19 is 0.125 um
(microns)

COVID-19 vs
Influenza: Similarities
Symptoms
• Fever
• Body aches
• Fatigue
• Cough
• Shortness of breath
• Sometimes vomiting and diarrhea
• Can be mild or severe
• Can be fatal in rare cases

COVID-19 vs Influenza:
Similarities
Transmission:
• Can be spread from person to person through
droplets in the air from an infected person coughing,
sneezing or talking.
• COVID-19 might be spread through airborne routes
(see Differences slide).
• Like the flu, it is possible COVID-19 can be spread by
an infected person for several days before
symptoms appear — but we don’t yet know for sure.

COVID-19 vs
Influenza:
Similarities
Treatment:
• Neither virus is treatable with
antibiotics, which only work on
bacterial infections.
• Both are treated by addressing
symptoms, such as reducing fever.
• Severe cases may require
hospitalization and support such
as mechanical ventilation

COVID-19 vs Influenza: Similarities
Prevention:
● Frequent, thorough hand washing
● Covering your nose when sneezing, and coughing into the crook of your elbow
● Staying home when sick
● Limiting contact with people who are infected or have reason to believe they might have
come into contact with anyone who is.

COVID-19
vs
Influenza:
Differences
Cause:
COVID-19: Caused by one
virus, the novel 2019
coronavirus, now called
severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2, or
SARS-CoV-2.
Flu: Caused by any of
several different types and
strains of influenza viruses.

COVID-19 vs
Influenza:
Differences
While the flu and COVID-19 may be
transmitted in similar ways, there is also
one possible difference: COVID-19 might
be spread through the airborne route,
meaning that tiny droplets remaining in the
air could cause disease in others even after
the ill person is no longer near.

COVID-19:
Incubation
The incubation period for COVID-
19 (i.e. the time between
exposure to the virus and onset
of symptoms) is currently
estimated at between two and
14 days.

COVID-19 Life
JHI: COVID-19 can persist on inanimate surfaces like metal, glass or
plastic for up to 9 days, but can be efficiently inactivated by surface
disinfection procedures with 62–71% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide
or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite within 1 minute

COVID-19 vs
Influenza:
Differences
Antiviral Medications
COVID-19: Antiviral medications are
currently being tested to see if they can
address symptoms.
Flu: Antiviral medications can address
symptoms and sometimes shorten the
duration of the illness.

COVID-19 vs Influenza:
Differences
Vaccine:
COVID-19: No vaccine is available at this time, though it
is in progress.
Flu: A vaccine is available and effective to prevent some
of the most dangerous types or to reduce the severity of
the flu.

COVID-19 vs
Influenza:
Differences
● The COVID-19 situation is
changing rapidly.
● Since this disease is caused
by a new virus, people do
not have immunity to it, and
a vaccine may be many
months away.
● Doctors and scientists are
working on estimating the
mortality rate of COVID-19,
but at present, it is thought
to be higher than that of
most strains of the flu.

COVID-19
Animals
● Health authorities in Hong
Kong have confirmed that a
dog belonging to a person
who had contracted the
coronavirus had also tested a
'weak positive' for the virus.
● It is the first reported case of
human-to-animal
transmission of the virus..

COVID-19 What Happens
When I go Back to Work
All employers need to consider how best to
decrease the spread of COVID-19 and lower the
impact in their workplace.
This may include activities in one or more of the
following areas:
reduce transmission among employees,
maintain healthy business operations, and
maintain a healthy work environment.

COVID-19 What
Happens When I
go Back to Work
Reduce Transmission
Employees who have symptoms (i.e.,
fever, cough, or shortness of breath)
should notify their supervisor and stay
home.
Employees should not return to work
until the criteria to discontinue home
isolation are met, in consultation with
healthcare providers and state and
local health departments.
Employees who are well but who have
a sick family member at home with
COVID-19 should notify their
supervisor.

COVID-19 What Happens
When I go Back to Work
Maintain a Heathy Business Operation
Identify a workplace coordinator who will be responsible for COVID-19
issues and their impact at the workplace.
Implement flexible sick leave and supportive policies and practices.
Employers that do not currently offer sick leave to some or all of their
employees may want to draft non-punitive “emergency sick leave”
policies.
Employers should not require a positive COVID-19 test result or a
healthcare provider’s note for employees who are sick to validate their
illness, qualify for sick leave, or to return to work. Healthcare provider
offices and medical facilities may be extremely busy and not able to
provide such documentation in a timely manner
CDC – Medical
when a fever of
100.4 or higher.

COVID-19
What
Happens
When I go
Back to Work
Maintain a healthy work environment
Consider improving the engineering controls
using the building ventilation system. This
may include some or all of the following
activities:
Increase ventilation rates.
Increase the percentage of outdoor air that
circulates into the system.

COVID-19 What
Happens When I
go Back to Work
Support respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene for
employees, customers, and worksite visitors:
Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles.
Provide soap and water in the workplace.
Place hand sanitizers in multiple locations to
encourage hand hygiene.
Place posters that encourage hand hygiene to help
stop the spread at the entrance to your workplace
and in other workplace areas where they are likely to
be seen.
Discourage handshaking – encourage the use of
other noncontact methods of greeting.

COVID-19 What
Happens When I go
Back to Work
Routinely clean and disinfect all frequently touched surfaces in the
workplace, such as workstations, keyboards, telephones, handrails, and
doorknobs.
Discourage workers from using other workers’ phones, desks, offices, or
other work tools and equipment, when possible,
Provide disposable wipes so that commonly used surfaces.

COVID-19
What Can
I Expect
Next?
Expect: More testing. More
Ventilators. More PPE

Quinine
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are oral
prescription drugs that have been used for treatment
of malaria and certain inflammatory conditions.
A (NONPEER REVIEWED) study in China reported
that chloroquine treatment of COVID-19 patients had
clinical and virologic benefit versus a comparison
group, and chloroquine was added as a
recommended antiviral for treatment of COVID-19 in
China Based upon limited in-vitro and anecdotal
data, chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine are
currently recommended for treatment of hospitalized
COVID-19 patients in several countries.

Potassium
A new research (NON PEER
REVIEW) study by researchers from
Wenzhou Medical University in
Zhejiang province lead by Dr Don
Chen revealed that almost all Covid-
19 patients exhibited hypokalemia
and that supplementation with
potassium ions was one of the many
factors that assisted in their
recovery.

N95 Respirators
N95 will filter out more than 95% of the
particles
Shortages presently
100%
acrylic
scarf,
double
wrapped
3M 1900
Furnace
Filter Cloth
triple
layers.

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