Question: If I run an equestrian facility, what do I need to do to keep my facility safe from COVID-19?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Correctional and Detention Facilities
section_headers: Administrators at Correctional and Detention Facilities
How to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within my facility or from the local community into my facility
What steps should I take to protect my staff and people who are incarcerated if there is spread of COVID-19 in the local community close to my facility?
section_content: If COVID-19 is known to be spreading in the local community close to your
facility, but there are no confirmed cases among people who are incarcerated,
staff, or visitors who have been inside the facility within the past 14 days:


Implement operational actions: 

Restrict non-essential transfers of people between facilities and systems.
Use alternative strategies to limit in-person court appearances where possible.
Consider suspending co-pays for incarcerated persons seeking medical evaluation for COVID-19 symptoms.
Require staff to stay home if they are sick.
Consider suspending visitation or offering non-contact visits only.
Do not allow non-essential vendors, volunteers, or tours into the facility.
Consider suspending work release programs.



Clean and disinfect the facility: 

Use CDC recommendations for cleaning and disinfection during the COVID-19 response to routinely clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that are frequently touched, especially in common areas.
Use household cleaners and EPA-registered disinfectants effective against the virus that causes COVID-19external iconexternal icon



Focus on good hygiene: 

Remind staff, visitors, and people who are incarcerated to use everyday preventive actions (such as washing hands, avoiding touching their eyes, nose, and mouth, covering their cough).




Provide free access to soap (preferably liquid soap) and access to running water, hand dryers, tissues, and no-touch trash cans, when possible.



Continually restock hygiene supplies throughout the facility.


Consider increasing the number of staff and/or other people who are trained to clean common areas to ensure they are cleaned on a continual basis.


Conduct screenings for symptoms and fever on all new entrants, staff, and visitors prior to entering the facility and follow guidance.


Use options to increase social distancing (increasing the physical space between people in the facility, ideally at least 6 feet between people, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms): 

Increase space between people who are incarcerated in holding cells and when in line.
Stagger mealtimes and time in recreation spaces.
Limit interactions in large group settings and group programs.
When possible, place beds at least 6 feet apart and have people sleep head-to-foot.
Find a separate space to check people for COVID-19 that is close to each housing unit instead of having people who are sick walk through the facility to be medically evaluated.
Remind staff to keep 6 feet apart from an individual with respiratory symptoms when possible.


Communicate regularly: 
Provide up-to-date information and remind and encourage people who are incarcerated and staff to report COVID-19 symptoms to staff right away.




Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The information here is very general.  The question here wanted information on horse facilities.
This is talking about cleaning general places but the question is asking about equestrian places so this doesn't really apply and needs to be more detailed toward the question

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Correctional and Detention Facilities
section_headers: Administrators at Correctional and Detention Facilities
How to manage a confirmed COVID-19 case in the facility
What should I do if a person who is incarcerated in my facility may have COVID-19?
section_content: If you think someone who is incarcerated in the facility is sick with COVID-19
(see COVID-19 symptoms),
activate your emergency plan and notify local public health officials. Ensure
that the sick person is wearing a clean, disposable facemaskpdf
icon, and separate
the sick person from others, ideally within an individual housing space and
bathroom. Provide them with tissues for when they cough or sneeze, and a lined
trash receptacle when possible.
Staff evaluating and providing care for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases
should follow the CDC Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients
with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19) and monitor the guidance website regularly for updates to these
recommendations. Facilities without on-site healthcare staff should contact
their state, local, tribal, and/or territorial health department to coordinate
effective isolation and necessary medical care. Ensure only trained personnel
wearing recommended personal protective equipment
(PPE) have contact with or transport
individuals who have or may have COVID-19.
People who are incarcerated and have COVID-19 should be placed under medical
isolation in a separate room, ideally with solid walls and a solid door that
closes fully. If not available, refer to the full guidance
document for other options for medical isolation. If
multiple people become ill with COVID-19:

Make every effort to house each ill person individually, with their own bathroom. Refer to the full guidance document for additional options if individual spaces are not available.
Prioritize those at high risk for complications of COVID-19 (older adults, people with severe underlying chronic medical conditions) for individual spaces that are available.

To prevent further spread:

Use options for virtual court appearances, if possible.
Suspend group gatherings.
Limit non-medical transfers of people within and between facilities. Ensure that anyone transferred out is screened for symptoms and contact with a COVID-19 case before leaving the facility.
Ensure that release planning includes screening for COVID-19 symptoms and contact with a case. Coordinate with local public health officials if releasing a symptomatic person to the community.
Use multiple social distancing strategies.
Handle laundry and food items of possible or confirmed cases of COVID-19 with recommended PPE.
Suspend visitation or offer non-contact visitation only.
Consider quarantining all new entrants for 14 days before they enter the facility. (Make sure that new entrants under quarantine are housed separately from other incarcerated people already under quarantine due to contact with a COVID-19 case.)
If releasing someone to a community facility (e.g., a homeless shelter), contact the facility’s staff to ensure adequate time for them to prepare to continue medical isolation, and coordinate with local public health officials.

Provide clear information to staff and people who are incarcerated about the
presence of COVID-19 cases within the facility. Close contacts of the sick
person (who have been within 6 feet of the sick person or had direct contact
with infectious droplets, such as from a cough or squeeze) should be placed
under quarantine for at least 14 days. Follow CDC
guidance on
quarantining close contacts of people with COVID-19.
If separate spaces for individual quarantined people are not available, refer
to the full guidance document for other
options. Monitor symptoms twice per day and
move anyone developing symptoms to medical isolation right away (after
ensuring they are wearing a face mask). Quarantined people at high risk for
complications of COVID-19 (older adults, people with severe underlying chronic
medical conditions) should not be housed with other quarantined people if at
all possible.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The question is about equestrian facilities.  The answer is about incarcerated persons.
The question is asking about horse. The response is about prison. These have nothing to do with each other unless this is a horse prison. Not a good answer

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: COVID-19 and Animals
How can I safely run my equestrian facility?
section_content: You should follow your state and/or local jurisdictional guidance regarding
continuing operations at your facility. There have not been any reports of
horses testing positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Based on the
limited information available to date, the risk of animals spreading the virus
that causes COVID-19 to people is considered to be low. COVID-19 is primarily
spread from person to person, so steps should be taken to reduce the risks for
people visiting your facility.

Encourage employees and other visitors, including boarders, owners, farriers, veterinarians, and those taking lessons, not to enter the facility if they are sick. Employees should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met, after talking with their doctor. Implement sick leave policies that are flexible, nonpunitive, and consistent with public health guidance, allowing employees to stay home if they have symptoms of respiratory infection.
Consider conducting daily health checks (e.g., symptom and/or temperature screening) of employees and others visiting the facility before they enter the premises. People with a fever of 100.40(38.00C) or above or other signs of illness should not be admitted to the premises. If implementing health checks, conduct them safely and respectfully. See General Business FAQs for more information. 
Employees or visitors who appear to have symptoms upon arrival or who become sick during their visit should immediately be separated from other employees and visitors and sent home.


Limit the number of people entering the facility. Consider staggering lesson and visiting times to limit the number of people in the facility and potential for person-to-person contact. If possible, you can also take steps to decrease high-traffic areas by limiting areas open to visitors/owners or staggering use of common areas like grooming or wash stalls and tack rooms.
Increase distance and limit duration of contact between employees and visitors in the facility. Whenever possible, people should maintain at least 6 feet of distance between each other at the facility, including instructors teaching lessons. Allow for social distancing and avoid large numbers of people within the facility, including in employee-only areas.
Visitors and employees should wear cloth face coverings to protect others especially where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. Wearing a cloth face covering does NOT replace the need to practice social distancing.
Set up hand hygiene stations at the entrance and within the facility, so that employees and people entering can clean their hands before they enter. Employees should wash hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. An alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol can be used, but if hands are visibly dirty, they should be washed with soap and water before using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Examples of hand hygiene stations may be a hose and soap located at entrances to allow for handwashing before entry.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces such as grooming tools, halters, lead ropes, shared tack and equipment, and door handles/gates (including those to stall doors and pasture/turn out areas) on a routine basis. To disinfect, use products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against theexternal icon virus that causes COVID-19 and are appropriate for the surface, diluted household bleach solutions prepared according to the manufacturer’s label for disinfection, or alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol. Follow manufacturer’s directions for use, especially regarding product contact time and protections from chemical hazards posed by cleaners and disinfectants.
Follow local guidance on shelter in place and travel recommendations when traveling for showing, training, or trail riding.
If traveling to a new facility, limit contact between people, horses, tack, equipment, and other supplies from different facilities, and maintain a distance of at least 6 feet between horses and riders. 
Follow state and local guidance on travel. People who are sick should not travel to other facilities.
People visiting other facilities should follow the same precautions as they would normally, including maintaining at least 6 feet of distance between each other, wearing a cloth face covering to protect others, and washing hands frequently with soap and water.


If other animals, such as barn cats, are present at the facility, be aware that a small number of pets have been reported to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, mostly after contact with people with COVID-19.

For more information, see Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19pdf
iconexternal icon and
Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to
Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19)
.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It seems like a good answer.  There is a lot of information on horses and facilities that have horses.  The question was about horse facilities.
This is a great answer and probably the best you'll get on this specific question. Talks about the risk with horses and precautions that people can take. Everything is detailed and relevant

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