Is Your Workplace Safe From COVID-19?

While the world is still facing the COVID-19 pandemic, America's workforce is slowly adjusting to the new normal. Regular sanitation of offices, vehicles, and buildings are practiced. Strict implementation of safety guidelines is observed, such as wearing masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) and information collection for contact tracing. 

On a global scale, businesses took a dip. Now that companies are picking up - or trying to pick up - what's left after the massive effects of COVID-19 on businesses, we cannot simply revert to our usual ways for the safety of employees and stakeholders alike.

If your organization is contemplating kickstarting your business again, bounce back to a worry-free grind with these tips!

Set up sanitation stations. 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), all workplaces must practice frequent handwashing or disinfection using alcohol or sanitizer. That said, make sure that your area is equipped with sanitation stations, as well as regular reminders for your employees to keep their hands clean. These reminders can be in the form of memos, signages, PA recordings, and the like.

Systemize schedules.

Given the virus' high-and-fast transmission rate, you need to plan your employees' schedules strategically. If your company is only starting to deploy your teams to the office, it would be smart to roll out a work schedule that will accommodate a limited number of people at any given time. 

If you're an essential business, set up a schedule for regular check-ups and COVID tests for all your active employees. You can also seek an occupational health & safety officer's advice to have your work professionally assessed for the risk of COVID-19 transmission. This way, you can plan for the next point:

Widen your workspaces.

National recommendations call for the physical distancing of at least 1 meter or more between individuals. To put this into action:

1. Plan out workspaces and limit maximum capacity in communal areas.
2. Assign strategic arrangements to minimize physical interactions without compromising the level of morale among employees.
3. If possible, create a per-person or per-team schedule for the pantry and other shared spaces. 

Train thoroughly.

Building a habit takes time. Reinforce COVID-safe behavior among employees by regularly conducting training sessions on anti-COVID-19 policies in the workplace. This may include wearing masks where social distancing is not possible, regular disinfection, and limiting unnecessary travel. It is also advisable to keep an internal COVID-19 response or communication line open should there be any confidential information that employees or stakeholders want to share - which brings us to #5:

Tap technology.

Studies show that 70% of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 are asymptomatic. They never developed any fever or other signs of acquiring the virus, and only found out that they had it through testing. Protect your people from these uncertainties by adopting research-based technology that can detect and screen probable infections, keep track of contact tracing, and handle sensitive health information.

FeverIQ COVID Checker is a customizable health checker and risk calculator that is tailor-fit for your business needs. It was developed using real data from Stanford Medicine and Engineering experts, deriving from millions of real-world reports. This tool is also supported by updated findings, guidelines, and symptom lists from WHO, Public Health Guidance, and medical literature.

Let's say that your team is required to do off-site visitations to customers or partners, and you need to stay ahead of everyone's concerns about their well-being. FeverIQ can be used to send your members' health check results for peace of mind. Privacy issues will be the least of your worries, too, since FeverIQ runs on a state-of-the-art technology that analyzes health check responses while keeping them private. 

Want to set it up? Visit www.feveriq.com to start innovating your COVID-19 health protocols! 

Aside from these, what other measures are you implementing now that you've decided to open your doors again? We still have a long way to go before we can honestly go back to business as we know it. Nevertheless, making sure that your re-opening is planned and prepared systematically will benefit everyone -- you, your employees, and customers included.

Please share your thoughts with us.