COVID-19 Return to Work Safely Protocol Checklist No.2

Control Measures

These checklists have been prepared to help owners and managers to get their setting up and running again and ready for your staffs’ return to work, in a way that will help prevent the spread of COVID-19. By putting in place control measures, you can help to protect your staff. Further information can be found at www.Gov.ie, www.hse.ie,

www.hpsc.ie and www.hsa.ie

No.

Topic

Yes/No

Action Required

Hand Hygiene Facilities:

  Action Pending

1.

Are there enough hand washing and hand sanitising stations in place to accommodate staff, children, visitors/contractors adhering to hand hygiene

measures?

yes

   n/a

2.

Are hand washing and hand sanitising stations in convenient locations that can be easily and frequently accessed?

Have you considered:

·         all entry/exit points

·         high traffic areas

·         the need for staff to wash their hands before, during or after a work task

·         the distance staff are from hand washing/hand sanitising facilities including bathrooms

·         the number of staff and any shift arrangements

·         the number of children in the setting, each room/area of setting?

Yes

in each    room,  toilets, kitchen

   n/a

3.

Have you made arrangements to ensure hand hygiene facilities are regularly checked and well-stocked e.g. hot running water, soap dispensers, paper towels, touch-free bins and hand-sanitiser?

Yes

Ela &     Lidia

   n/a

Hand sanitizing

4.

Does the alcohol-based hand sanitiser have more than 70% alcohol?

  yes

5.

Are there stations at entry/exit points to the setting?

  no

Holders will be installed at each entry

6.

Are there stations in areas that have high touchpoints or high footfall?

  yes

  n/a

Awareness around hand hygiene in the setting

7.

Have you informed staff, children, parents/guardians and visitors about the importance of hand washing?

 Policy is available online  + posters in the building

8.

Have you trained/shown staff, children and parents/guardians how to wash their hands (with soap and water for at least 20 seconds) and dry them  correctly? (See HSE Resources available)

 Training will be provided (staff meeting 08/06/2020?)

9.

Have you shown staff how to use hand sanitiser correctly and where hand-

sanitising stations are located?

Training will be provided (staff meeting 08/06/2020?)

10.

Have you displayed posters on how to wash hands correctly in appropriate

locations?

  yes

11.

Have you told staff, children and others when they need to wash their hands?

This includes:

·         before and after eating and preparing food

·         after coughing or sneezing

·         after using the toilet/nappy changing area

·         when hands are dirty

·         before and after wearing gloves

·         before and after being on public transport

·         before leaving home

·         when arriving/leaving the setting /other sites

·         after changing tasks

·         after touching potentially contaminated surfaces

·         if in contact with someone displaying any COVID-19 symptoms

  yes

Policy is available online ,

 It will continue every day after reopening…

12.

Have you provided facilities for staff and children outdoors to frequently  practice hand hygiene?

 pending

  To organize outdoor

    Hygiene station

13.

Have you provided staff with hand sanitiser for use in work vehicles?

 n/a

 n/a

Respiratory hygiene

14.

Have you told staff and children of good respiratory measures to limit the spread of the virus:

·         avoid touching the face, eyes, nose and mouth

·         cover coughs and sneezes with an elbow or a tissue

·         dispose of tissues in a covered bin

 yes

15.

Have you made tissues available for staff and children, and covered bins for  their safe disposal?

  yes

16.

Is there a system in place to regularly empty bins so they don’t over fill?

 yes

 A new daily cleaning checklist is created and attached to An Infection control Policy

Physical Distancing – staff staying 2 meters apart

17.

Have you looked at how you can change the layout of your setting to allow for physical distancing for staff?

 No changes needed

18.

Have you a system to regularly remind staff to stay 2 metres apart?

 yes

 Posters/floor stickers

19.

Have you identified the activities that involve interacting with visitors and others and put in place measures to help prevent contact and ensure physical

distancing, as far as possible?

 yes

21.

Can you rearrange break areas and times to comply with physical distancing?

(e.g. placing tables and chairs further apart, staggering breaks)

 Not needed

22.

Have you organised staff into teams who consistently work and take breaks together in line with ‘play-pod’ requirements?

 yes

23.

Have you considered making alternative arrangements where it is not possible to maintain physical distancing in the canteen/staff room?

 yes

 Changes in roster

24.

Can you provide a one way system for entering and exiting the setting where practical to ensure that ‘play-pods’ don’t meet?

 yes

 Two different entrances

25.

Have you implemented physical distancing for outdoor activities where necessary between different ‘play-pods’ or alternate use of the outdoor space with appropriate cleaning in between?

 Not needed

26.

Where staff are sharing accommodation provided by the employer, at a place of work, are you following the guidance as laid out in the

Return to Work Safely Protocol (Pg.18) 

 yes

27.

Have you put floor markings in place to remind everyone in the setting of the  2 metre physical distance required?

 Floor markings will be placed indoor and outdoor

28.

Minimising Contact

Have you advised staff to travel alone if using their cars for work?

 pending

 Staff meeting Monday

29.

Have you told staff to clean and disinfect surfaces and shared equipment, not  to shake hands and to avoid any physical contact?

 pending

Staff meeting Monday

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [Guidance open to change]

Note: PPE use cannot take the place of other preventative measures. For COVID-19, employers should check public health advice

Staff meeting Monday

30.

Has the correct PPE been identified based on the hazard and work activity? Staff are required to wear appropriate PPE (i.e., gloves and aprons) for cleaning and nappy changing practices. A small supply of surgical masks is available for anyone that develops symptoms of COVID-19 or if a staff member chooses to use one when caring for a sick child.

Staff meeting Monday

31.

Is there a sufficient supply of relevant PPE to allow a safe return to work?

 yes

32.

Have you trained staff in the correct fitting, use, removal, cleaning, storing

and disposal of PPE?

Staff meeting Monday

33.

Have you made arrangements for the cleaning, inspection, maintenance and

disposal of PPE, where appropriate?

Staff meeting Monday

At Risk Groups

34.

Have you determined which, if any, of your staff and children and their families are at higher risk from COVID-19? Check out HSE At Risk groups.

 pending

 Some parents have already contacted the service, information are gathering

Changes to Work Practices

35.

Have you considered other changes to work practices to minimise the spread of COVID-19?

  yes

Visiting Contractors / Staff

36.

Are there arrangements in place to inform other contractors or visitors of the setting measures to help prevent the spread of infection?

 Website/ policies/posters

37.

Is there a system for recording visits to the setting by staff and others, as well as visits by staff to other sites? (COVID-19 Contact log) (visits to other sites is

recommend and should be kept to a minimum)

 Attendance record and staff sign in/out record

If necessary we will create the separate Covid -19 contact log

Additional Information