Question: How can I protect my workers from coronavirus?

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.
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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:
Answer focused on correctional facilities but a lot of the social distancing and disinfecting guidelines could be applied towards any business office.
Has advice aimed specifically at people running correctional facilities, which is a subcategory of employers.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: What Construction Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
section_headers: As a construction worker, how can I protect myself and slow the spread?
section_content: Potential sources of exposure include having close contact with a coworker or
member of the public who is ill with COVID-19 and touching your nose, mouth,
or eyes after touching surfaces contaminated with the virus or handling items
that others infected with COVID-19 have touched. Actions you can take include
the following:

Notify your supervisor and stay home if you have symptoms.
Follow CDC-recommended steps if you are sick. You should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met, in consultation with healthcare providers, your employer, and state and local health departments.
Follow CDC-recommended precautions and notify your supervisor if you are well but have a sick family member at home with COVID-19.
Limit close contact with others by maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet, when possible. 
Limit the number of workers in small workspace areas such as job site elevators, trailers and vehicles, and spaces under construction if possible.


CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, especially in areas where there is significant community-based transmission of COVID-19. 
Cloth face coverings may prevent people who don’t know they have the virus from transmitting it to others.


Cloth face coverings are NOT surgical masks or respirators and are not appropriate substitutes for them in workplaces where masks or respirators are recommended or required.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces such as shared tools, machines, vehicles and other equipment, handrails, ladders, doorknobs, and portable toilets. Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces periodically throughout the shift but also: 
At the beginning and end of every shift
After anyone uses your vehicle, tools, or workstation


Limit tool sharing if possible.
Practice proper hand hygiene. This is an important infection control measure. With appropriate hand hygiene, you do not need gloves to protect you from COVID-19. When possible, wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol. 
Key times to clean hands include: 
Before and after work shifts and breaks
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
After using the restroom
Before eating and before and after preparing food
After touching objects which have been handled by coworkers, such as tools and equipment
Before putting on and after taking off work gloves
After putting on, touching, or removing cloth face coverings
Before donning or doffing eye or face protection (safety glasses, goggles, etc.)
Do not touch your eyes, nose, or mouth.
Use tissues when you cough, sneeze, or touch your face. Throw used tissues in the trash and wash your hands or use hand sanitizer containing 60% alcohol if a sink to wash your hands is not available.




Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer refers to an employee that is already sick or has symptoms of COVID-19 and what they should do while at the workplace in general. These guidelines for individual employees could be extrapolated towards all employees though.
Has good advice for avoiding infection, but is aimed at workers rather than employers.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: General Business Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Reducing the Spread of COVID-19 in Workplaces
Should we be screening employees for COVID-19 symptoms (such as temperature checks)? What is the best way to do that?
section_content: Screening employees is an optional strategy that employers may use. There are
several methods that employers can use to protect the employee conducting the
temperature screening. The most protective methods incorporate social
distancing (maintaining a distance of 6 feet from others), or physical
barriers to eliminate or minimize the screener’s exposures due to close
contact with a person who has symptoms during screening. Examples to consider
that incorporate these types of controls for temperature screening include:

Reliance on Social Distancing : Ask employees to take their own temperature either before coming to the workplace or upon arrival at the workplace. Upon their arrival, stand at least 6 feet away from the employee and: 
Ask the employee to confirm that their temperature is less than 100.4o F (38.0o C), and confirm that they are not experiencing coughing or shortness of breath.
Make a visual inspection of the employee for signs of illness, which could include flushed cheeks or fatigue.
Screening staff do not need to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) if they can maintain a distance of 6 feet.


Reliance on Barrier/Partition Controls : During screening, the screener stands behind a physical barrier, such as a glass or plastic window or partition, that can protect the screener’s face and mucous membranes from respiratory droplets that may be produced when the employee sneezes, coughs, or talks. Upon arrival, the screener should wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or, if soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Then: 
Make a visual inspection of the employee for signs of illness, which could include flushed cheeks or fatigue.
Conduct temperature and symptom screening using this protocol: 
Put on disposable gloves.
Check the employee’s temperature, reaching around the partition or through the window. Make sure the screener’s face stays behind the barrier at all times during the screening.
If performing a temperature check on multiple individuals, make sure that you use a clean pair of gloves for each employee and that the thermometer has been thoroughly cleaned in between each check. If disposable or non-contact thermometers are used and you did not have physical contact with an individual, you do not need to change gloves before the next check. If non-contact thermometers are used, clean and disinfect them according to manufacturer’s instructions and facility policies.
Remove and discard PPE (gloves), and wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.



If social distance or barrier controls cannot be implemented during screening,
PPE can be used when the screener is within 6 feet of an employee during
screening. However, reliance on PPE alone is a less effective control and more
difficult to implement given PPE shortages and training requirements.

Reliance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) : Upon arrival, the screener should wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, put on a facemask, eye protection (goggles or disposable face shield that fully covers the front and sides of the face), and a single pair of disposable gloves. A gown could be considered if extensive contact with an employee is anticipated. Then: 
Make a visual inspection of the employee for signs of illness, which could include flushed cheeks or fatigue, and confirm that the employee is not experiencing coughing or shortness of breath.
Take the employee’s temperature. 
If performing a temperature check on multiple individuals, make sure that you use a clean pair of gloves for each employee and that the thermometer has been thoroughly cleaned in between each check. If disposable or non-contact thermometers are used and you did not have physical contact with an individual, you do not need to change gloves before the next check. If non-contact thermometers are used, you should clean and disinfect them according to manufacturer’s instructions and facility policies.
After each screening, remove and discard PPE and wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.




Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer centers more on screening rather than focusing as much on prevention although there are some preventative measures listed here.
Has detailed recommendations for protecting employees at work.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent