ISPA Snapshot Survey Report March 2020: COVID-19 Response | Seite 22
RESOURCE PARTNERS
Has your company increased its sanitation/cleaning efforts due to COVID-19?
Increase of Sanitation/Cleaning Efforts
94%
Yes
2% 5%
No Do not
know
Please describe your company's updated sanitation/cleaning efforts implemented due
to COVID-19.
Nearly all respondents noted an increase in the frequency and comprehensiveness of their cleaning
and sanitation practices in response to COVID-19. Many cited following guidelines put forth by the
CDC, WHO, AMTA or similar organizations. In addition, a number of respondents mentioned
additional hours spent by overnight cleaning crews deep cleaning their workplaces. Some of the
most frequently referenced steps are listed below.
The addition of hand washing or sanitizing stations
Providing staff with sanitizing wipes or other products to keep personal area disinfected
Removal of sample stations and self-serve food or beverage stations
Posting or otherwise communicating reminders about best practices for health and sanitation (hand
washing, not touching faces, covering coughs and sneezes with an elbow, staying home when sick,
etc.)
Requiring guests to wash or sanitize hands before contact with staff
Requiring or allowing employees to work from home
Restriction of or elimination of travel
Asking staff to wear masks
Signaling cleaning procedures more obviously to guests
Social distancing inside offices when employees must be present
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