Cleaning and Sanitation for Janitorial and Custodial team - Part 2 - continuation (videos on website for additional assistance)

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Cleaning and Sanitation
for Janitorial and
Custodial Team
PART 2
AFT Lesley Meadows (Host) |
SEIU Team
23-24 March 2021

2. Microorganisms
▸ Most microorganisms are harmless. Some may even be
beneficial to humans
▸ Microorganisms that are harmful to humans are called
pathogens

3. How Is Disease Spread?
▸ Direct physical contact with
a sick person or their bodily fluids
▸ Fomite transmission by
making contact with a dirty surface
contaminated by pathogens
▸ Foodborne
transmission by eating
contaminated food
▸ Vector transmission
by insects which carry
pathogens
▸ Airborne
transmission by
pathogens which use wind

4. Sanitation Begins At Home
▸ Always take a shower or bath and wear a clean uniform before reporting for duty.
Attention to personal hygiene is important so that you do not become a source of
disease
▸ Do not report to work if you feel ill. If you become ill while on duty, let your
supervisor know and leave the office
▸ Gloves and other personal protective equipment PPE help to protect you and help to
prevent cross contamination

5. Cross-contamination refers to
the inadvertent transfer of bacteria or other
contaminants from one surface, substance,
etc., to another especially because of
unsanitary handling procedures.

6. How Do You Wash Your Hands?
1. Remove
jewelry
2. Wet hands
with warm water
3. Lather and rub
hands with soap
& water

7. How Do You Wash Your Hands?
4. Rinse
5. Dry Hands
with disposable
paper towel
6. Avoid dirtying
hands again

8. How Do You Wash Your Hands?
7. Use hand
sanitizer

9. Should I Wash My hands?
Wash you hands after doing any of the following:
▸ Using the bathroom
▸ Coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or tissue
▸ Eating or drinking
▸ Touching dirty or soiled equipment or utensils
▸ Touching bare body parts other than your clean hands and
wrists

10. Using Gloves- Putting Them On
▸ Wash hands well before putting on gloves when starting a new task
▸ Select the correct glove size
▸ Avoid touching glove as much as possible. Hold gloves by their edge
▸ Check for rips or tears once on
▸ Never blow into gloves or roll them to make them easier when putting on
▸ Cuts or wounds on the hands or wrist must be completely covered with a bandage before
putting on disposable gloves

11. Wearing Facemasks
Facemasks help control the spread of the virus by containing
potentially infected droplets of saliva or mucous that are expelled
when talking, coughing or sneezing

12. Wearing Facemasks
Someone infected with COVID may not show symptoms
but can still spread the virus. Facemasks are a precaution that will slow the
spread
COVID-19

13. Wearing Facemasks
…but they must be worn properly to work

14. Practicing Personal Hygiene: Covid-19
Concern
To minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health
recommends:
▸ using masks,
▸ social distancing,
▸ frequent hand washing and sanitizing
▸ Regular environmental cleaning and sanitizing,
TOGETHER