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General Guidance
The most important thing businesses can do to help decrease the spread of COVID-19 is to adhere to social distancing and disinfecting guidelines.
Social Distancing & Work Practices
- Maintain six (6’) feet or more between employee work stations, unless separated by a wall or partition.
- The number of employees in a common area (break or lunch room) should be limited to ensure a minimum of six (6’) feet between employees.
- Offer work from home options, as much as possible.
- Stagger shifts, breaks, and lunch schedules.
- Conduct phone/email/virtual meetings instead of in person meetings, even when at office. If meeting in person, ensure six (6’) feet of distance between employees.
- Discourage nonessential vendors and deliveries from entering facility.
- Discourage nonessential travel of employees.
- Post internal signage that can be used to alert or remind employees about guidance and expectations.
Cleanliness
- Pre-screen employees before their shift.
- Offer plenty of hand sanitizer in various locations and encourage usage.
- Keep restrooms stocked with soap and/or hand sanitizer.
- Routinely clean and disinfect restrooms daily or more if possible. You may want to increase cleaning of high-touched surfaces such as faucets, toilets, doorknobs, and light switches.
- Provide wipes, sanitizer, and cleaning products throughout workplaces to allow for frequent sanitation of frequently touched surfaces.
Places of Worship
Social Distancing
- All parishioners shall always adhere to social distancing requirements and continue to practice proper hygiene.
- Families shall sit together as a family group but be seated at least six feet from other families. Hugs and hand shakes should be strongly discouraged for the next few weeks.
- Post Social Distancing reminders on doors, on video screens and make announcements. Signage might also include “If you are ill, we invite you to join us for worship online until you are feeling better.”
- Places of Worship should limit their attendance to allow for proper distancing between families within their seating capacity. Adding additional service times and opening fellowship halls or balconies for seating with video screens are a possible solution. A special service time for “at risk” parishioners is also a good option.
- It is recommended that Places of Worship not hold any special dinners or events that would bring a crowd through May 31, 2020.
Cleanliness
- Offer plenty of hand sanitizer in various locations and encourage usage.
- Increase the frequency of cleaning and disinfection of the facility.
- It is suggested to not pass the offering plate from person to person. Some ideas are a “giving box” at the entrances, online giving or if possible, one person holding the plate at all times .
- If your Place of Worship offers communion during services, it is recommended to use individual communion packets.
Restaurants and Dining Facilities
- Proper spacing of at least six feet (6’) of distance is maintained between tables; and
- Communal seating areas can not be offered to parties that are not connected; and
- A single table must not consist of more than ten (10) people.
Social Distancing
- Continued use of drive-thru, pickup, or delivery options is encouraged.
- Regulate how many people are at self-serve stations, such as salad bars and buffets, at a time.
- Provide personal protective equipment, such as masks, to employees to wear while working.
Managing Operations & Hygiene
- Offer plenty of hand sanitizer in various locations and encourage usage.
- Clean and disinfect tables, tablets/ziosks, booths, chairs, and menus between customers.
- Use disposable menus, if available, and discard after customer use.
- Routinely clean and disinfect restrooms.
- Pre-screen employees before their shift.
Salons & Spas
LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE FACILITY
- For facilities with more than one employee, only 50% of the service stations should operate at the same time. If the facility operates single occupancy rooms, they could operate at 100%.
ENSURE DISTANCING BETWEEN EMPLOYEES
- Each operating station should be a minimum of six (6’) feet from any adjacent stations, unless separated by a wall.
- The number of employees in a common area (break or lunch room) should be limited to ensure a minimum of six (6’) feet between employees.
REDUCE UNNECESSARY CONTACT WITH CLIENTS
- Masks should be worn by service provider and client. Encourage clients to bring their own mask.
- Clients should not congregate in waiting areas, and only the service provider and active clients (and their caregiver if necessary) should be in the building.
REDUCE CROSS CONTAMINATION BETWEEN CLIENTS
- Perform appropriate hand hygiene between clients.
- Follow state board cleaning requirements (sanitize and disinfect stations, utensils, and surfaces) between clients.
- Perform a pre-service questionnaire with client before they enter the building.
- At a minimum, clean and disinfect surfaces, door knobs, handles, and reusable masks at the end of each day.
Fitness Facilities
Gyms
The most important thing gyms can do to help decrease the spread of COVID-19 is adhering to social distancing and disinfecting guidelines.
Social Distancing
- Maintain at least six (6’) feet of distance between individuals.
- If six (6’) feet of distance cannot be maintained between employee and client, employees should wear a mask.
- Sharing of equipment in classes is discouraged unless adequate cleaning between each individual is performed.
Cleanliness
- Offer plenty of hand sanitizer in various locations and encourage usage.
- Ensure proper cleaning of equipment between individuals.
- Keep restrooms stocked with soap and/or hand sanitizer.
- Routinely clean and disinfect restrooms daily or more if possible. You may want to increase cleaning of high-touched surfaces such as faucets, toilets, doorknobs, and light switches.
- Pre-screen employees before their shift.
- Employee shall be free of symptoms before being permitted to work.
Pools
Proper operation, maintenance, and disinfection (with chlorine or bromine) of swimming pools should kill the virus that causes COVID-19. The most important thing pools can do to help decrease the spread of COVID-19 is adhering to social distancing and disinfecting guidelines.
Social Distancing
- Have proper spacing of pool chairs/loungers of at least six (6’) feet of distance between families.
- Try to limit lines as much as possible.
- Try to encourage and maintain groups of ten (10) people or less.
Cleanliness
- Offer plenty of hand sanitizer in various locations and encourage usage.
- Keep restrooms stocked with soap and/or hand sanitizer.
- Routinely clean and disinfect restrooms daily or more if possible. You may want to increase cleaning of high-touched surfaces such as faucets, toilets, doorknobs, and light switches.
- Pre-screen employees before their shift.
Sporting Events
Baseball
- All individuals in stands and concession areas shall adhere to social distancing requirements at all times and continue to practice proper hygiene.
- Players should space out as much as possible in the dugout.
- Individual baseball or softball games can be held due to low exposure rate on the field because of the lack of face-to-face contact for prolonged periods of time.
- Sharing of equipment and water bottles is highly discouraged.
Basketball
- Participating in basketball games in the month of May is discouraged. The nature of this sport encourages close face-to-face contact for prolonged periods of time, increasing the risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Tournaments
- Scheduling or hosting tournaments in Moniteau County through the month of May is not recommended. Sport tournaments invite large groups of people to attend from out of the county, and the crowds would make abiding by Social Distancing Requirements difficult.
Other Sports
- Moniteau County Public Health recommends that each sport or activity be evaluated for the following factors: face-to-face contact between individuals, period of time within six (6’) feet of another individual, and sharing of equipment. If any of these factors cannot be avoided, consider postponing through the month of May.
- Social Distancing Requirements must be followed in the stands and concession areas.
Coaches
- Try to limit close contact as much as possible. If touching is required to help with certain techniques, avoid face-to-face contact to the best of your ability and perform proper hand hygiene before and after. If face-to-face contact can not be avoided, it is recommended to wear a mask.
- Provide hand sanitizer at games and practices.