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Translate Increased cleaning frequency. Availability of cleaning products for occupant usage in high touch areas.
We will only use the electrostatic sprayer once a day.
Hand Sanitizers, wipes in classrooms, increased MERV filter from 8 to 13, and increased ventilation.
We will have building entry hand sanitizing stations and stock masks for people that might request one due to illness.
Remote meetings and remote work processes will be routine.
Some instructional classes will be hybrid with more on-line options. HVAC modifications such as UVC will be implemented as budget allows. Custodial “tiger teams” will be available for extra sanitizing as needed.
The use of electrostatic spray guns and hand sanitizer stations will stay.
Cleaning and some social distancing.
High-level cleaning. Hand sanitizers.
Additional PPE requirements for custodial staff. Use current portable HEPA-rated air cleaners that were purchased in lieu of permanent HVAC system changes in densely populated areas like the health center and fitness center during flu season.
Reserving of study rooms. No outside visitors (public).
Disinfecting high touch point areas and wearing masks inside.
Some signage will remain in place. Touch points emphasized during flu season.
Masks and distance will remain in place for all those that have not been vaccinated.
Sanitizing of all classrooms, restrooms, and common areas each night.
Disinfecting touch points.
Sanitization of residence halls.
More frequent washroom cleaning. Water fountains will remain out of service.
Weekend residence hall restroom cleaning. No longer emptying faculty and staff office trash/recycling/compost – it will remain the occupant’s responsibility.
Signage placed on rooms entered and requiring disinfection.
Daily use of hand held misters. Minimum 2x disinfecting all touch points on day shift.
Hired one person specifically as a “disinfecting day porter” who just disinfects horizontal surfaces and touch points all day. Will keep that going. Responding with electrostatic sprayer to any space with suspected illnesses/excessive absences and some random spaces.
Continue bringing in as much outside air as possible with HVAC systems.
The use of electrostatic sprayers 1x per day.
Building Services will continue to clean and use a swab test kit for the virus.
HVAC modifications made for COVID will remain in place. Face coverings will still be required indoors.
Masks in classrooms.
Garbage will only be collected from a central location. Departments are required to empty their own garbage cans.
Custodial cleaning supplies will remain at a higher disinfecting level.
Frequent cleaning on high touch surfaces. Disabled hand dryers.
Use of electrostatic sprayers. Continued use of stronger disinfectant for bathrooms.
Increased filtration and ventilation.
Sanitization of spaces as part of cleaning. Masks until further notice. Hand sanitizers at all building entrances and throughout all corridors. HVAC modification/MERV filters and ionization.
Cleaning high touch areas multiple times a day.
Water fountains were modified for “bottle fill stations” only. Plan to keep as such, will not return to standard drinking fountain.
Daily wiped downs with 80% isopropanol.
Contact tracing and Isolation in off campus rental spaces (hotel/apartments).
Only entering offices once a week to empty trash. Keep hand sanitizer stations deployed across campus.
Enhanced filtration will remain in place. Increased outside air will also be used where appropriate.
High touch areas disinfected.
We will continue to use the bipolarization system to aid in flu and virus transmissions. We will reduce the electrostatic cleaning from daily to once or twice a week in our athletic facilities. We will scale back our touch surface cleaning. We have and will continue to expand the touch free door access points.
Cleaning and sanitizing office and common areas where a confirmed positive staff member was working immediately prior to being sick.
Hand sanitizer stations at building entrances and other high traffic areas. Disinfectant available for use in classrooms, labs, and office areas.
Increased cleaning schedules during daytime shifts.
Combination working from home/office models. Availability of hand sanitizers.
High touch facilities such as our clinics will continue to receive levels of enhanced cleaning.
High touch surface wipe downs. Providing disinfectant/towels to employees.
Hand wipes and alcohol based hand rub (ABHB) stations available for staff and students. Promote hand hygiene, health monitoring, and face masks/eye googles when appropriate.
We installed in-duct UGI in our several of our buildings with programs that have high exertion and high expression (dance, music, and theater) and we will continue expanding this to other classroom buildings. Replacement of MERV 8 filters quarterly will continue.
Closing bathrooms when cleaning. Keeping paper towels in student house restrooms.
Electrostatic spraying, more frequent cleaning.
Social distancing at 3 feet and amplified cleaning/disinfection.
Three times daily sanitizing of all door handles and all areas to include classrooms, study rooms, lounges and restrooms. Hand wash and hand sanitizing stations with all relevant non-pharmaceutical preventive care and general good hygiene signage will remain in place.
Cleaning all restrooms 3 times daily; wiping handrails 3 times daily.
Touchpoint cleaning – more from an aesthetic standpoint. Our doorknobs have never looked better. Hand sanitizer stations and disinfecting wipes in rooms with pianos and shared instruments will remain in perpetuity.
Disinfection of classrooms using misting equipment.
Use of the electrostatic sprayer for disinfecting spaces. Continuing to provide hand sanitizer and wipes in classrooms.
MERV 13 filters, sanitation stations, electrostatic fogging of locker rooms and large restrooms.
Cleaning more often with EPA approved products. Issuing PPE and sanitizing wipes to all. Pre-screening before coming to campus.
Students will need to be vaccinated unless they file an exemption for medical or religious reasons. For those who remain unvaccinated, mitigation testing, masks, and social distancing will be required.
High-touch-point cleaning multiple times per day. More consistent use of anti-microbial cleaners for most surfaces.
Spraying hourly.
80% self-report vaccination rate is required to remove COVID protocols. Special ID/pass given to the vaccinated to eliminate their use of masks in public spaces.
Enhanced disinfection standards for high touch areas.
Disinfecting kits will remain in each classroom and will continue to be restocked daily by custodial staff.
Cleaning & disinfecting 7 days a week. Hand sanitizing stations available (not as many) but more than we had pre-COVID.
Saliva testing unvaccinated students and staff – dedicated contact tracing team – sanitizer stations at public entrances and elevator lobbies.
Signage at every point of entry and throughout all facilities regarding protocols currently in place – Cleaning kiosks will remain placed in corridors that are stocked with disposable gloves, disposable cleaning towels and approved cleaning product. Instructions on how to use the supplies are in place as well.
Cleaning (COVID is not over yet and there are other contaminants) MERV13 (it is the correct means to keep people safe from other pollutants not just COVID).
Electrostatic spraying of bathrooms every 3 days along with standard daily cleaning. Continued hand sanitizer stations throughout the campus.
Twice a day bathroom cleaning and high touch surface protocols.
Maximizing outside air in the HVAC systems, high touch cleaning are both recommended by CDC and the state OSHA requirements.
More frequent cleaning of handrails and doors. Greater use on hand sanitizing stations. Enhance telework.
Increased air changes in spaces, continued monitoring if the situation changes.
The goal for lunch will be 6′ social distancing.
Virtual meetings in lieu of in-person. Permanent telecommuting for some select staff.
Water fountains remain off-line.
Masks will be worn on university transportation and in medical clinics. At this point, sanitation stations appear like they will remain – at least in the near future.
Disinfecting touchable surfaces daily.
Sanitation stations. Optional mask wearing.
The use of portable air cleaners (box with a fan and filter) will likely remain in classrooms with natural ventilation.
We will continue the type of disinfectants we changed to but may reduce frequency.
High-touch routine cleaning and disinfecting.
Assigned areas are cleaned at least twice a day, masks required, distancing in place and reduced area occupancy.
A second disinfecting process is the norm now.
Custodial will not resume emptying individual office trash as they had done prior to the pandemic. We will continue to offer hand sanitizer in key areas.
Daily disinfection of classrooms. On-call disinfection according to discretion of contact tracing team.
45 second disinfectant wipe downs of public spaces.
Common area sweeps to identify surfaces to clean. Desktop sanitization is the norm now.
Cleaning of high touch points throughout the day. We use electrostatic spray once in the evening and once during the day.
Wiping down the classrooms including student desks every day.
Cleaning of high contact surfaces on an enhanced basis.
Utilizing disinfectant cleaning measures and following ventilation requirements.
Masks and vaccinations.
Contact tracing.
Social distancing within classrooms. Masks are mandatory on campus.
Still following ventilation recommendations from the CDC/ASHRAE. Bringing in outside air wherever/whenever possible and deploying stand-alone HEPA filtration units in classrooms and teaching labs that do not have the ability to bring in outside air via mechanical means using existing building HVAC systems. Providing hand sanitizing solution at all building entrances and first floor elevator lobbies.
On call disinfecting when illness and possible COVID positive results are identified. Hand sanitizers stations and central disinfecting wipes stations will be maintained.
Enhanced disinfecting of frequently-touched surfaces and restrooms. Nightly disinfecting of all facilities. Hand sanitizer dispensers will remain in all locations.
2x daily disinfecting of high touch – similar protocol to flu season.
We have not set classrooms back to pre-COVID capacities, but will observe 3′ distancing in classrooms not 6′ as in the past year. We will continue to use a vacant dormitory building as quarantine/isolation housing for affected students.
Photohydroionization installed in air handlers. Hand sanitizers stands by building entrances.
Flexible work arrangements/hybrid work.
We will stop with the spraying down of classrooms nightly, although we’ll continue to stock wipes in classrooms. Common touch points will continue to be hit with greater frequency.
Providing disinfectant wipes to all people so they may help slow the transmission of fomite pathogens, specifically COVID-19. Regular use of electrostatic sprayers for disinfecting spaces. Credentialing of Custodial staff through ISSA’s cleaning management institute.
High touch point area cleaning. Remote/work from home policies will remain in place where possible for non-front facing staff. High-flex delivery of academic programming.
Hand sanitizing stations.
Frequent high touch point surface cleaning.
Classrooms cleaned and disinfected after each class.
More frequent cleaning of public space touch points. Slightly more aggressive cleaning agents than before COVID.
We will maintain disinfection of classes twice a day.
Cleaning with hospital-grade cleaners and sanitizers. Use of face masks. Cleaning high touch surfaces. Keep interior doors open as much as possible to avoid contaminated surfaces.
Limited access to private office spaces.
Faculty and staff are responsible for cleaning and disinfecting their offices and classrooms, unless a C-19 case is suspected or found, then EVS will disinfect and fog the area. Public areas, students housing and bathrooms will be paid special attention by EVS staff.
We will continue nightly disinfection of all classrooms, labs and additional areas with electrostatic sprayers. We will continue to provide disinfection wipes in classrooms, offices and shared spaces. We will continue our more frequent cleaning of high touch/high traffic areas.
Employee screening. Mask/Distancing for non-vaccinated personnel.
Increased disinfection of touch points.
Hand sanitizers throughout. Some disinfecting. Likely some social distancing measures around lounges. Some office safety practices.
We were not entering offices at all, now we will clean offices once a week.
More frequent disinfection of high touch point surfaces. 50% or more reduction in the number of max occupants in elevators.
Building touchpoints, including handrails, elevator buttons and door handles in occupied buildings, are being cleaned with a virucidal disinfectant to help fight the spread of COVID-19. An anti-microbial floor finish is applied to all resilient floors that require finish.
Emergency cleaning/disinfecting response for positive cases on premises. Reduced contact tracing efforts. Optional masks. Spacing back to normal.
We engaged our custodial contractor for an “Enhanced Cleaning” protocol with high use areas being disinfected on a regular schedule and continued use of the COVID killer disinfectants as a matter of routine. Fogging and spraying enhanced in public areas of campus along with routine daily application in classrooms and labs.
Attention to disinfecting of all high touch surfaces.
UV treatments in the HVAC systems, MERV 11 and 13 filters in classrooms and res halls.
Block cleaning/sanitizing of classrooms. Increased frequency of cleaning common areas.
Working from home for individuals/departments who do not have student-facing jobs and that have proven themselves able to be fully productive while doing that.
Increased cleaning in high touch areas; reduced trash collection in private offices with use of mini-bins.
Telework scheduling.
Focus on cleaning high touch points and high traffic areas. Classrooms to be cleaned daily but not in between classes. Focus on ensuring HVAC systems are operating as designed. In-room HEPA filtering units may be used to add further confidence for students and faculty.
We will clean high touch surfaces according to CDC guidelines once a day which is consistent with our pre-pandemic practices.
Random sample testing of 3% total population.
Emphasis on touch points beyond door handle, etc. Use of electrostatic machine for deep cleanings/disinfection.
Disinfectant cleaners. Clear partitions.
Deep cleaning protocols for areas affected by COVID exposure per CDC and local public health department guidelines.
Using bottle fillers. Desk spacing practices.
Clean high touch points minimum of 3 X’s per day.
Encouraging faculty to meet with students outdoors or on Zoom; not permitted in their offices. Encouraging more flexible work schedules and modes of meeting.
Hand sanitizer/masks kiosks will remain.
Hand sanitizer will be readily available.
Cleaning, 3Ws, some signage on door entries and open water fountains.
We will continue doing multiple sanitation rounds of high-touch high-traffic areas throughout the day. We will work this into the routine of our staff since it was both appreciated and a visible display of our commitment to health/safety.
Indoor air scrubbing and disinfecting.
Twice a day (everyday) disinfecting of all high touch surfaces.
Additional sanitization by electrostatic sprayers.
Hand sanitizer stations. Air handling balancing, preventative maintenance, filter replacements.
Increased hand sanitizer stations. Paper towels and sanitizing wipes in classrooms.
Enhanced cleaning of public spaces. Enhanced HVAC protocols including MR-13 filters, additional duct cleaning, increased air changes.
Dispensing machines for supplies.
Cleaning and disinfecting at seasonal flu levels will be a year round task. Indoor air quality expectations will change – just not sure how.
Drinking fountains will continue to be sealed and we will start replacing them with bottle fillers.
Continue to provide access to hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes.
Electrostatic spraying will continue regularly within Athletics.
To help with staffing burdens, we will continue to ask individuals to empty their personal desk trash/recycling bin into the common area receptacles, eliminating that custodial task. Daily e-spray of equipment in gyms and fitness centers.
High touch cleaning will continue.
Remote working will remain in some capacity.
FACILITIES: Continue applying disinfectant via electrostatic sprayers. Increase use of ATP for monitoring touch points. CAMPUS: Hybrid options for remote teaching. Work from home opportunities. These two practices will reduce, maybe eliminate weather-related closures.
Following CDC Guidelines.
Hand sanitizing stations, permanent hand washing signage in restrooms.
High touch point and isolation room disinfecting with an electrostatic sprayer.
Year-round use of electrostatic sprayer in common areas like showers and bathrooms. Signage will be updated in bathrooms to promote solid handwashing.
Wipes in classrooms. Visible disinfecting.
Custodial cleaning will be reduced but higher than pre-covid for prevention of spreading other germs.
Disinfecting high touch surfaces. Use of anti-microbial spraying system.
Midnight cleaning shifts. More thorough cleaning of public areas.
Twice a day sanitation of high touch surfaces.
Remote learning and remote office staff will continue from home, at least a few days/week where applicable. No decision yet on vaccination requirements, although nearly all staff and most faculty have been vaccinated.
Increased electrostatic spraying.
Sanitization and deep cleaning of areas where someone tested positive for COVID-19.
Continue increased disinfection of high touch surfaces. Maintain 3′ social distancing in classrooms, and may continue mask wearing indoors. Maintaining barriers for now at teaching stations and in labs, and classrooms where students are in close proximity.
Daily disinfecting of keyboards, mice, phones, etc.
Touch surface disinfection will continue, but we will now enter private offices for routine weekly cleaning. Wipes and sanitizers will remain in locations in buildings.
We have added additional second shift for touch point disinfecting. Restrooms have a higher frequency of cleaning.
1x per day full cleaning restrooms on weekends.
Additional hand sanitizer stations and sanitation stations throughout campus.
No day to day office cleaning, by hang tag request only. Touch point disinfection/cleaning.
Enhanced cleaning of high touch fixtures and restrooms will be reduced from 4 times per day to 2 times per day.
Cleaning to the APPA 2 standard.
Use of electrostatic sprayers in high touch areas.
Hand sanitizer stations will remain.
Increased hand sanitizer stations/dispensers and disinfecting fogging.
Wiping down surfaces after use. Spacing during lunch breaks. Plastic barriers.
Cleaning/disinfecting common areas, classrooms and restrooms once per day. Cleaning residence hall restrooms on weekends.
Hybrid work options.
Frequent high touch surface disinfection.
Plexiglas at all first contact spaces like front desks, service desks, transaction areas. Disinfecting/hygiene materials/supplies for faculty and staff to employ to self-address any concerns.
Monthly use of an electrostatic sprayer in all common areas. Drinking fountains are bottle fill only.
Mandatory masking indoors & encourage any symptomatic individual to stay home.
Quarantine for those that test positive. Hand sanitizer readily available.
Frequent touch point sanitizing. Masks for individuals not vaccinated- voluntary. Enhanced air exchanges.
Sanitizing stations.
Increased HVAC operating hours along with keeping operable windows open where/when practical to do so.
Barriers between faculty and students available and increased sanitation of high touch surfaces.
Flexible work arrangements, virtual meetings in some cases.
Hand sanitizer stations. Classroom disinfectant wipes. Space closure protocols per CDC guidelines.
Disinfection of touch surfaces and common areas; disinfecting supplies in classrooms.
Partitions to encourage distancing in some offices -new equipment designed for improved cleaning.
Disinfection of high touch areas per day. Will be done at night for the first few months of classes.
Fresh air volumes will remain adjusted for high percent of fresh air in buildings. Some barriers at customer service interfaces will receive a slightly higher level of cleaning but that is mainly because we saw some non-COVID benefits.
Electrostatic spraying on a reduced schedule.
Plexiglas barriers. Touchless restroom fixtures.
