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Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19, 20 April 2020
To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, CDC advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community.
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    Guidance for Meat Packing Industry
    First responders and law enforcement
    Businesses and employers

Consider conducting daily in-person or virtual health checks (e.g., symptom and/or temperature screening) of employees before they enter the facility, in accordance with state and local public health authorities and, if available, your occupational health services:

    If implementing in-person health checks, conduct them safely and respectfully. Employers may use social distancing, barrier or partition controls, or personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect the screener. However, reliance on PPE alone is a less effective control and is more difficult to implement, given PPE shortages and training requirements.
        See the "Should we be screening employees for COVID-19 symptoms?" section of General Business Frequently Asked Questions as a guide.
    Complete the health checks in a way that helps maintain social distancing guidelines, such as providing multiple screening entries into the building.
    Follow guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [!] [external icon] regarding confidentiality of medical records from health checks.
    To prevent stigma [!] and discrimination in the workplace, make employee health screenings as private as possible. Do not make determinations of risk based on race or country of origin and be sure to maintain confidentiality of each individual's medical status and history.
Identify where and how workers might be exposed to COVID-19 at work. Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace [external icon]. Conduct a thorough hazard assessment [external icon] of the workplace ....

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by Cat on Thu May 14th, 2020 at 01:22:32 PM EST
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