Returning to work following COVID-19 illness |
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COVID-19 vaccine information for employers |
By promoting vaccination in your workplace can:
Employers have an important role to play in building vaccine confidence among employees in the workplace. Employers are well placed to facilitate conversations about vaccines because of their position of leadership and existing relationships with staff. Facilitating conversations and giving employees the opportunity to share their concern about vaccines can help increase vaccine literacy, identify barriers to vaccination, and help employees know what to expect before and after getting their vaccine. KFL&A Public Health encourages employers to consult Ontario's toolkit, the COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs webpage, and the other resources highlighted below to become familiar with how to respond to some common concerns.
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Cleaning and disinfection in the workplace |
Environmental cleaning in non-health care settingsMost non-healthcare settings only require routine cleaning and not disinfection. Clean touched surfaces twice daily. If you want to disinfect surfaces, use an off-the-shelf disinfectant according to the instructions on the label and follow Public Health Ontario’s directions for cleaning and disinfection of public settings. If you have no access to a disinfectant product, you can dilute household bleach by pouring 20 mL into 1 litre of tap water (1000ppm of Sodium Hypochlorite solution). The surface must remain wet for 10 minutes to achieve disinfection. The bleach solution may damage fabric, corrode metal, and destroy adhesives with prolonged soaking. Mix a fresh solution daily. Do not mix the bleach solution with any other cleaner or disinfectant. To find the correct dilution ratio, check out the dilution calculator from Public Health Ontario. Environmental cleaning in clinical settingsThe Public Health Agency of Canada has developed the following guidance related to environmental cleaning of clinical settings during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. What to do
What to use:
What to clean and when
Other considerations
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