7. ENGINEERING
CONTROL
Eliminate a hazard before an
individual comes into contact with it
• improving ventilation
• erecting barriers around an area
• changing the configurations of
classrooms to allow for physical
distancing, and
• performing regular cleaning
8. • Bring in as much outdoor air as
possible.
• If safe to do so, open windows and
doors.
• Use child-safe fans to increase the
effectiveness of open windows.
• Consider having activities, classes, or
lunches outdoors when circumstances
allow.
• Use exhaust fans in restrooms and
kitchens.
Ventilation
9. Ventilation
• Filter and/or clean the air in your school or
childcare program.
• Make sure the filters are sized, installed,
and replaced according to manufacturer’s
instructions.
• Consider portable air cleaners that
use high-efficiency particulate air
(HEPA) filters to enhance air cleaning
wherever possible
• Consider using ultraviolet germicidal
irradiation (UVGI)
15. ADMINISTRATIVE
CONTROL
• Administrative controls change the
way people work
• eliminating large gatherings,
• creating groupings of students and
patterns of movement that limit
contact with other people,
• instituting handwashing routines,
• emphasizing coughing and sneezing
etiquette, and
• providing training in the new routines
16.
17. Creating groupings of students and patterns of
movement that limit contact with other people