COVID-19 Contingency Plan
Mitigation Plan for Employee Testing Positive for COVID-19:
Protecting the health and financial security of all of Bottom Line Equipment’s stakeholders is top priority. The following steps will be taken to identify potential employees that may test positive for COVID-19 and/or to mitigate additional exposure if an employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
Immediate Response:
- Employees are required to self-monitor their health status to identify COVID-19 symptoms.
- Employees are also required to pass daily employee screenings and temperature checks before they are allowed entrance to any of our facilities.
- If an employee exhibits any of the known symptoms of COVID-19 including fever, cough, shortness of breath or sore throat, they will be instructed to stay home, contact their supervisor and seek medical attention.
- Employees who arrive at work having these symptoms will be separated from other employees, customers, vendors and visitors and will be sent home.
- Employees should follow CDC-recommended steps for diagnosing their illness and should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met in consultation with a healthcare provider and state/local health departments.
- Employees who are not COVID-19 positive will be allowed to return to work with a documented release from their medical provider.
Employee Protection:
If an employee tests positive and is confirmed to have COVID-19, the following steps will be taken to protect the health and safety of others.
- The immediate work area of the employee will be closed and will remain inaccessible until professional cleaning and disinfecting of the work-spaces occurs.
- The employee’s name and personal information will be kept confidential.
- Contact Tracing:
- Human Resources will conduct an immediate interview with the affected employee to identify all employees, customers and vendors that the employee has had close contact with in the past 14 days.
- These individuals will be notified of their potential exposure and instructed to go home and self-isolate for 14 days.
- Bottom Line Equipment will schedule COVID-19 tests for all employees who have had close contact with the affected employee.
- These employees who can work from home will be asked to do so during the self-isolation time period.
- Employees who cannot work from home will be provided with paid medical leave until they can return to work.
- Employees will only be allowed to return to work if they test negative for COVID-19, do not have COVID-19 symptoms and pass the daily employee screening and temperature check upon arrival at a Bottom Line Equipment facility.
Professional Decontamination:
- Prior to Decontamination, all employees must vacate the building until decontamination is complete
- Upon completion, Bottom Line Equipment must receive a full Decontamination Report
- Bottom Line Equipment Executive Team will verify that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations are adhered to with an objective measurement tool, such as ATP.
- The Decontamination Report must include the following:
- ATP Pre-Testing (with photo documentation)
- Pretreatment with mist application to include duct-work
- Electrostatic treatment of all areas void of any facility staff
- Electrostatic treatment of offices and work area. With a focus on critical touch points
- Wipe down of critical touch areas
- ATP Post-Testing Results (with photo documentation)
Business Continuity:
- During the decontamination period, Bottom Line Equipment will utilize mobile offices to conduct day to day operations.
- Mobile Offices are prepared and are waiting on standby
- Can be delivered the same day
- Internet & phone access is ready and available
- Bottom Line Equipment IT Team is prepped and ready for special assistance
- Mobile Offices are prepared and are waiting on standby