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Infectious Disease Outbreak (Pandemic) Online Module COVID-19

Overview This online training module covers the fundamentals of infection prevention and control of COVID-19 including: ▪ COVID-19 – What is it? ▪ Signs and symptoms ▪ Social distancing ▪ Increased cleaning regime ▪ Protecting guests, employees and yourself

COVID-19 – What is it? ▪ Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can make humans sick ▪ The new coronavirus disease, officially known as COVID-19, originated in China in 2019 and has since spread around the world ▪ Most people, around 80% who become infected with COVID-19, will experience only mild symptoms and fully recover without any special treatment ▪ Some people, around 15% of those who become infected with COVID-19, will experience moderate symptoms ▪ A small number of people who become infected with COVID-19, approximately 5%, may experience severe symptoms and get very sick ▪ It is important to know how to protect your guests, employees and yourself

COVID-19 - Signs and Symptoms The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are: ▪ fever ▪ flu-like symptoms such as coughing , sore throat and fatigue ▪ shortness of breath . Not everyone who has symptoms like these has COVID-19 as there are several other illnesses that can cause these symptoms

COVID-19 - Who is at risk of catching it? ▪ Anybody can be infected ▪ COVID-19 does not discriminate between race nor gender therefore we EVERYONE are all at risk of infection ▪ We all need to be safe and take is at precautions RISK! ▪ There are important things that we can do to protect ourselves, our family and those that visit our business

COVID-19 - Who is most at risk? Some people are at a higher risk for developing serious illness from COVID-19 including: ▪ Elderly ▪ Those with pre-existing medical problems including high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes, respiratory disease or immune deficiencies (low immunity) ▪ Those who experience higher rates of chronic diseases compared to other Australians This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

COVID-19 - How does it spread? ▪ COVID-19 spreads from person to person through droplet transmission ▪ Droplets are small pieces of saliva, which are produced when a person coughs or sneezes ▪ Droplets usually travel no further than one metre through the air ▪ Droplets cannot go through skin and can only lead to infection if they touch your mouth, nose or eyes You can become infected if: ▪ You have close contact with an infected person who coughs or sneezes ▪ You touch an object (e.g. door handle or tap) contaminated from a cough or sneeze from a person with COVID-19 and touch your eyes, nose or mouth

COVID-19 – Stopping the Spread ▪ It is important that everyone helps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ▪ Encourage standard precautions amongst guests by providing information on arrival ▪ Carry out education sessions with all your employees ▪ Have signs on ‘good respiratory hygiene’ and ‘social distancing’ throughout your business ▪ Ensure any staff showing symptoms to get tested and not attend the workplace until they receive a negative result ▪ Lead by example

COVID-19 – Stopping the Spread ▪ The next sections will go through the basic measures you can implement to take care of your guests and employees ▪ This includes how you can decrease the risk of guests and employees within your business becoming infected with COVID-19 and spreading the disease ▪ Using the same principles, you can also protect your guests and employees from other illnesses like influenza (‘the flu’)

COVID-19 – Washing your Hands ▪ The most important thing you can do to protect yourself is to wash your hands regularly with soap and water or rubbing an alcohol-based sanitiser onto your hands ▪ This is important because washing your hands kills viruses ▪ Watch these videos to see how you wash your hands and this video to show you how to use hand sanitiser ▪ Put up signs to remind people to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer and ensure that hand washing stations and/or hand sanitizer is available in all communal facilities and throughout your business ▪ Hand rub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSjFr6J9HI ▪ Hand wash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PmVJQUCm4E

COVID-19 – Avoid touching your face ▪ Avoid touching your face as much as possible ▪ This is important because virus containing droplets on your hands can be transferred to your eyes, mouth or nose where they can infect you ▪ Most of us touch our face many times per hour without realising ▪ Try to stop yourself touching your face, and encourage others to do the same

COVID-19 – Social Distancing ▪ Maintain at least 1.5 metres social distance between yourself and others ▪ This is important because if you are too close to someone you might breathe in droplets they cough or sneeze ▪ Promote this through information on arrival for guests and signs throughout your business and to your employees ▪ Lead by example

COVID-19 – Social Distancing ▪ Ensure the one person per 4m 2 rule applies in all communal facilities ▪ Promote this through information on arrival for guests and signs throughout your business and to your employees ▪ Lead by example

COVID-19 – Good Respiratory Hygiene ▪ Make sure all who visit your business follow good respiratory hygiene ▪ Promote this through information provided on arrival for guests and signs throughout your business and to your employees ▪ Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze and use a tissue and dispose of it straight away ▪ Use your bent elbow ▪ Respiratory hygiene is important because droplets spread the virus

COVID-19 – Increased Cleaning Regime ▪ Communal facilities must be kept clean and hygienic. Frequently touched surfaces, such as kitchens, bathrooms, door handles and light switches must be routinely cleaned to reduce contamination. ▪ Cleaning supplies, liquid soap, running water, alcohol-based hand rub, paper towel or hand dryers are to be provided at entrances/exits to all communal facilities. ▪ This is because droplets from an infected person can fall on a surface and be transferred to someone else’s hands if they touch the surface. ▪ Hand washing facilities must be adequately stocked with liquid soap and paper towel or hand dryers and these are kept clean and in good working order. ▪ All roofed accommodation will be thoroughly cleaned between change-over of guests. ▪ Records of cleaning activity must be kept.

COVID-19 – Guest Declarations All guests must fill in a guest declaration on arrival to: ▪ Ensure that they are allowed to stay at your business under the relevant current health directives ▪ Assist with the tracing of the potential spread of COVID-19 if an infection is identified ▪ Have the guest acknowledge that they have no symptoms and to their knowledge don’t pose a risk to your business or those within it ▪ Have the guest acknowledge that they will comply with all social distancing measures, and good hygiene practices

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COVID-19 – Key messages ▪ Inform your guests and employees ▪ Practice social distancing ▪ Practice good respiratory hygiene ▪ Increase your cleaning regime ▪ Keep records

Download the COVIDSafe app Keep yourself and your community safe by helping our health workers to notify you quickly if you’ve come in contact with someone who has Coronavirus. With your privacy protected by law, COVIDSafe keeps a secure note of other users you’ve been near if you have to go out. So, if they test positive for Coronavirus, you’ll be notified. It’ll help us stop the spread sooner.

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