All About "U" Home Care, LLC Actively encourage sick employees to stay home. All About "U" Home Care acknowledge and adhere to the CDC guidelines for employees who may be at higher risk for severe illness, such as older adults and those with underline/chronic medical conditions. We have developed policies that encourage sick employees to stay at home without fear of reprisals, and ensure employees are aware of these policies.

 

All About "U" Home Care, LLC allow employees to stay home to care for sick family members or care for children if schools and childcare close. Strict guidelines apply. See Administration for more details.

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 All About "U" Home Care, LLC provides tissues, no-touch trash cans, soap and water, and hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.

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All About "U" Home Care, LLC ensures that employees who become suddenly sick will be separated from other employees, customers, and visitors and sent home immediately.  We Follow CDC guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting areas that sick employees have visited. 

 

Covering coughs and sneezes and keeping hands clean can help prevent the spread of serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and COVID-19. Germs can be easily spread by:

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• Coughing, sneezing, or talking

• Touching your face with unwashed hands after touching contaminated surfaces or objects

• Touching surfaces or objects that may be frequently touched by other people

 

 

To help stop the spread of germs:

• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze

• Throw used tissues in the trash

• If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands

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Remember to immediately wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing.

Washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to prevent yourself and your loved ones from getting sick, especially at key times when you are likely to get and spread germs.

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• Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds

• If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol to clean hands

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Keeping Hands Clean

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Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Learn when and how you should wash your hands to stay healthy.

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How Germs Spread

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Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of respiratory and diarrheal infections from one person to the next. Germs can spread from other people or surfaces when you:

• Touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands

• Prepare or eat food and drinks with unwashed hands

• Touch a contaminated surface or objects

• Blow your nose, cough, or sneeze into hands and then touch other people’s hands or common objects

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Key Times to Wash Hands

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You can help yourself and your loved ones stay healthy by washing your hands often, especially during these key times when you are likely to get and spread germs:

• Before, during, and after preparing food

• Before eating food

• Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea

• Before and after treating a cut or wound

• After using the toilet

• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet

• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing

• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste

• After handling pet food or pet treats

• After touching garbage

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Workspace Cleaning and Disinfecting

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All About "U" Home Care, LLC believes that safety for their employees, customers and visitors are of the most importance. To try and help prevent the spread of infection, we have chosen to follow CDC recommended guidelines for workspace cleaning and disinfecting.

 

• Close off areas visited by the ill persons. Open outside doors and windows and use ventilating fans to increase air circulation in the area. Wait 24 hours or as long as practical before beginning cleaning and disinfection.

• Cleaning staff should clean and disinfect all areas such as offices, bathrooms, common areas, shared electronic equipment (like tablets, touch screens, keyboards, remote controls, and ATM machines)used by the ill persons, focusing especially on frequently touched surfaces.

• Hard (Non-porous) Surfaces

• If surfaces are dirty, they should be cleaned using a detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.

• For disinfection, most common EPA-registered household disinfectants should be effective.

• A list of products that are EPA-approved for use against the virus that causes COVID-19 is available herepdf iconexternal icon. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products for concentration, application method and contact time, etc.

• Additionally, diluted household bleach solutions (at least 1000ppm sodium hypochlorite) can be used if appropriate for the surface. Follow manufacturer’s instructions for application, ensuring a contact time of at least 1 minute, and allowing proper ventilation during and after application. Check to ensure the product is not past its expiration date. Never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleanser. Unexpired household bleach will be effective against coronaviruses when properly diluted.Prepare a bleach solution by mixing:

• 5 tablespoons (1/3 cup) bleach per gallon of water or

• 4 teaspoons bleach per quart of water

• Soft (Porous) Surfaces

• For soft (porous) surfaces such as carpeted floor, rugs, and drapes, remove visible contamination if present and clean with appropriate cleaners indicated for use on these surfaces. After cleaning:If the items can be laundered, launder items in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions using the warmest appropriate water setting for the items and then dry items completely.

• Otherwise, use products that are EPA-approved for use against the virus that causes COVID-19pdf iconexternal icon and that are suitable for porous surfaces

• Electronics

• For electronics such as tablets, touch screens, keyboards, remote controls, and ATM machines, remove visible contamination if present.

• Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products.

• Consider use of wipeable covers for electronics.

• If no manufacturer guidance is available, consider the use of alcohol-based wipes or sprays containing at least 70% alcohol to disinfect touch screens. Dry surfaces thoroughly to avoid pooling of liquids.

• Linens, Clothing, and Other Items That Go in the Laundry

• In order to minimize the possibility of dispersing virus through the air, do not shake dirty laundry.

• Wash items as appropriate in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. If possible, launder items using the warmest appropriate water setting for the items and dry items completely. Dirty laundry that has been in contact with an ill person can be washed with other people’s items.

• Clean and disinfect hampers or other carts for transporting laundry according to guidance above for hard or soft surfaces.

• The risk of exposure to cleaning staff is inherently low. Cleaning staff should wear disposable gloves and gowns for all tasks in the cleaning process, including handling trash.

• Gloves and gowns should be compatible with the disinfectant products being used.

• Additional PPE might be required based on the cleaning/disinfectant products being used and whether there is a risk of splash.

• Gloves and gowns should be removed carefully to avoid contamination of the wearer and the surrounding area. Be sure to clean hands after removing gloves.

• If gowns are not available, coveralls, aprons or work uniforms can be worn during cleaning and disinfecting. Reusable (washable) clothing should be laundered afterwards. Clean hands after handling dirty laundry.

• Gloves should be removed after cleaning a room or area occupied by ill persons. Clean hands immediately after gloves are removed.

• Cleaning staff should immediately report breaches in PPE such as a tear in gloves or any other potential exposures to their supervisor.

• Cleaning staff and others should clean hands often, including immediately after removing gloves and after contact with an ill person, by washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available and hands are not visibly dirty, an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol may be used. However, if hands are visibly dirty, always wash hands with soap and water.

• Follow normal preventive actions while at work and home, including cleaning hands and avoiding touching eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.Additional key times to clean hands include:

• After blowing one’s nose, coughing, or sneezing.

• After using the restroom.

• Before eating or preparing food.

• After contact with animals or pets.

• Before and after providing routine care for another person who needs assistance such as a child.

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