AIHA Releases Recommendations on Reducing Risk of COVID-19 with Enhanced Engineering and Work Practice Controls
AIHA’s latest guidelines include recommendations on engineering controls, germicidal ultraviolet radiation, enhanced cleaning and disinfection, and personal hygiene and physical distancing.
As businesses, schools, retailers, and manufacturers manage reopening due to the pandemic, AIHA announced that it continues to expand its library of Back to Work Safely guidelines, white papers, and resources aimed at 26 different business and community sectors. The latest guidelines include recommendations on engineering controls (ventilation, enhanced filtration, and physical barriers), germicidal ultraviolet radiation, enhanced cleaning and disinfection, and personal hygiene and physical distancing:
“While many solutions rely primarily on PPE, AIHA scientists and health professionals have developed more comprehensive guidelines which are specific and written with small to mid-sized businesses in mind,” said Lindsay Cook, CIH, CSP, AIHA president. “The guidelines include practical checklists that point out ways the employer, employees, customers and visitors can minimize their risk. The AIHA Back to Work Safely guidelines include engineering and work practice solutions that can complement the effective utilization of masks. They offer a detailed view of how ventilation can be an effective control in non-healthcare and non-industrial workplaces and how employers can develop specific cleaning and disinfection programs.”