COVID-19 Plan
PHASE 1: Heightened Awareness
Quality hygiene practices by all staff and volunteers
Staff to begin preparedness
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Speak with Office on Aging about Emergency boxes
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Order new bags for meal distribution
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Disinfecting of office, bathrooms, and all HANDLES daily
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Volunteers will wipe handles of thermal coolers with disinfecting wipes (provided).
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Volunteers with underlying conditions please take a leave of absence.
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Volunteers returning from a foreign country take 14 days off of volunteering
PHASE 2: Minimizing Contact Monday, March 16, 2020
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Minimize Contact with Volunteers
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Stay at least 6 ft from volunteers
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New protocols in place at hospital- no under age of 12, only 5 people in packing area at a time,
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Recruit enough volunteers to act as runners delivering meals to awaiting cars.Minimize Contact with Clients- No physical contact policy in place
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Minimalize the use of plastic bags
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Leaving food in cooler or hang on door, ring or knock and waiting for the client to retrieve
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No home entry, there may be an exception due to immobility
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Volunteers & Clients keep a 6’ distance
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Distribution of emergency food boxes
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PHASE 3: Government Ordered Social Distancing or Quarantine
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Prepared for two or more weeks
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Clients emergency box use
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Order nutrition supplements/meal replacement drinks
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Set up a phone buddy system for volunteers to call and check in on clients
