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Show sympathy and stay in touch with the employee every couple of days, re-assuring the employee. |
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Ask employee which other employees or customers he/she had been in contact with in the past 14 days. Ask the employee to write a list of the names with contact details (telephone & email address and confirm date of contact). |
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Ask employee if he/she grants the employer permission to disclose the fact that the employee is infected. |
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If YES: Notify the employee's manager that employee is infected with COVID-19 and is on leave; Then inform co-workers that the employee is on leave. |
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If NO: Inform the employee's manager that the employee is on leave. |
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Report confirmed cases to:
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Obtain information that may be required by the NICD for tracing and tracking purposes. The real identity of the employee must be disclosed to the NICD |
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Notify all employees and customers that may have had *contact with the employee, that they may have been exposed to COVID-19 and may wish to see a healthcare provider. (Notify by telephone call & confirm via email confirmation (on template provided). |
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Do NOT refer to the employee by name or any manner that may identify the person (if the person does not wish to disclose their identity). |
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Send home the employees that have been in *contact with the employee:.
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Arrange for a professional cleaning company to disinfect the workplace, immediate surrounding area and areas where the employee likely visited (toilets, lunchrooms, etc.). |
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After disinfecting the workplace, service provider must issue a certificate, stating the area that had been disinfected and what material was used to disinfect the place. The service provider must also leave a "Safety Data Sheet" for the chemicals that had been used in the process. |
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Self-isolated employees may return after 14 days, provided that they have not developed symptoms of the virus, namely: Coughing, sore throat, fever of higher than 37,5 degrees Celsius and no respiratory secretions or difficulties. |