Revised Safety Plan, March 2021

Free Spirit Spheres inc.  Covid 19 – Safety Plan

 

  • Objectives:

Stop the spread of COVID 19.  Keep people safe and healthy.

  • Include this message as part of our Booking/Confirmation communication. 
  • Ensure everyone who arrives on the property is healthy and not exhibiting symptoms of COVID19.  Signs placed at entrance to house and in reception/office sphere.
  • Ensure all workers and employees have proper PPE at beginning of each day. 
  • Minimize human traffic at the premises. Discourage tourists who just want a look.
  • When dealing with potential sources of contamination put on PPE and observe protocols.  Whenever possible eliminate the virus from the premises.
  • Completely sanitize Spheres, toilets, bathrooms and common areas.  After guests leave and before new guests check in.  

 

Promote social distancing and hand washing.

  • Place signs at entrances to structures. 
  • Place hand sanitizer in every structure to encourage hand hygiene.
  • Keep clorox wipes available for sanitizing.  Especially POS terminals and High Touch Surfaces like door knobs, handles, taps, light switches and timers, pens and clip boards.
  • Close the kitchen and sauna for the duration of the pandemic.

  • Personal Protective Equipment, PPE:

Free Spirit Spheres will make the following PPE available to FSS Staff and Contractors.

Face Shield, N95 face mask. Latex/Nitrile gloves.  Employees are asked to bring a change of clothes. Shower is available so employees can shower and change before leaving the property.

 

  • Action Steps for Cleaning and/or Maintenance of facilities.

Assess the situation:

  • Get the input of Employees, FSS staff and WCB/PHO recommendations.
  • Determine levels of exposure and put on appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • Watch for vectors that could transmit virus from an infected object to a  host, and eliminate them. 
  • Clean and Sanitize the infected surfaces or take away the vector.  Coffee pots and kettles, board games, cards etc.  
  • Vacuum all upholstered surfaces and rugs with a HEPA filter equipped vacuum.  Wear a well fit  mask while vacuuming.

 

Employ appropriate procedures and protocols to reduce the risk.  Then clean and sanitize everything.

  • After guests leave, and before any FSS employees enter the space:
    • Put on your Personal Protective Equipment. 
    • Ensure medical or N95 mask fits properly.
  • Thoroughly vacuum all of the horizontal surfaces and soft surfaces using the Miele Vacuum with an HEPA filter.  
    • Avoid re-contaminating clean surfaces.  Don’t vacuum a dirty cushion on top of a clean one. When stripping the bed don’t put the duvet on  a dirty surface after you remove the cover.
  • Remove any garbage and food waste.
  • Carefully strip all the bedding and put it in a black plastic garbage bag 
    • Be careful not to flap or shake the soiled bedding. 
  • Throw anything guests leave behind in the trash. Anything disposable that guests may have touched should go in the garbage, unless it can be completely sanitized.  
  • Remove soiled bedding from sphere.
  • Wash hands frequently when cleaning spheres or wear latex gloves.
  • Avoid use of spray bottles or pressure sprayers that could aerosolize the virus
  • Prepare a bucket of hot soapy water
  • Wash each sphere or room from top to bottom with the detergent solution.  Wash inside cupboards and wash everything inside cupboards.
  • Disinfect all high touch surfaces with a Clorox or Lysol wipe and dispose of the wipe.
  • Use a UV-far disinfectant wand to clean the upholstered surfaces and cushions. 
  • Wash all cutlery, dishes and glassware in the sphere with a strong detergent solution.

 

Laundry.

  • Wear face mask and gloves when doing laundry.
  • Wash hands immediately after gloves are removed.
  • Don’t shake dirty laundry as it may aerosolize the virus.
  • Wash the top of the washer and dryer and any surfaces that may have contacted dirty laundry – before putting clean laundry on that surface.  Clean and disinfect clothes hampers and wash the bag.
  • Use hottest possible washer and dryer settings.  

  • In the presence of guests, employees or other visitors.

  • Always promote social distancing of at least 2m or 6’.
  • Wear an N95, or medical grade face mask or equivalent
  • Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer.  Offer hand sanitizer to others present.

 

  • FSS Staff and Contractors

  • Have a shower.
  • Change to street clothes at the end of your shift and before leaving premises.   Avoid transferring possible contamination to your car.
  • Carefully put soiled work clothes in a bag.
  • Launder them as soon as you get home and throw the bag away or put it in a safe place.