CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
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Who is GBAC?
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) helps organizations and businesses prepare for, respond to, and recover from biological threats, and biohazard situations and real-time crises. They offer education, training, certification, response management, and crisis consulting for situations where environments require a much higher level of cleaning, disinfection, and restoration.
THE PROCESS
A crisis has occurred. What’s next? We understand that biohazard events involve actual loss and threat of great harm to innocent communities. Our team will work with your team to prioritize a high quality of work and a compassionate recovery approach to ensure a comprehensive cleaning and disinfecting process.
PREPARE
We will assess your facility’s preparedness and provide your staff with education and training for biorisk prevention and containment.
RESPOND
Our leaders will help you understand how to assess, contain, monitor and eradicate disease to protect patients, medical providers, and communities at large.
RECOVER
Our team members will develop and implement a recovery plan to get your organization back online, with special attention paid to preventing future crises.
Who is GBAC?
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) helps organizations and businesses prepare for, respond to, and recover from biological threats, and biohazard situations and real-time crises. They offer education, training, certification, response management, and crisis consulting for situations where environments require a much higher level of cleaning, disinfection, and restoration.
THE PROCESS
A crisis has occurred. What’s next? We understand that biohazard events involve actual loss and threat of great harm to innocent communities. Our team will work with your team to prioritize a high quality of work and a compassionate recovery approach to ensure a comprehensive cleaning and disinfecting process.
PREPARE
We will assess your facility’s preparedness and provide your staff with education and training for biorisk prevention and containment.
RESPOND
Our leaders will help you understand how to assess, contain, monitor and eradicate disease to protect patients, medical providers, and communities at large.
RECOVER
Our team members will develop and implement a recovery plan to get your organization back online, with special attention paid to preventing future crises.
Returning to Work: Face Coverings, PPE, and COVID-19 Screening
As states allow businesses to reopen, more guidelines and regulations are being put in place to help protect the health and safety of employees and customers. There have been many questions, especially about face coverings, PPE, and coronavirus screening.
Face Coverings:
While not a substitution for the need for social distancing, the CDC recommends most people wear cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. To be most effective, face coverings should cover the person’s nose and mouth and must be put on, worn, and removed properly.
Many cities and states are mandating face coverings be provided for and worn by employees. Others are requiring customers to wear them as well, even allowing companies to refuse entry or service to customers who refuse.
Companies need to be prepared to require face coverings for employees, even if they have to purchase them, as well as for customers.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
PPE covers a wide range of equipment used to protect workers from exposure to the hazards of their jobs. As related to COVID-19, PPE often includes face shields, goggles, N95 masks, and gowns.
Most businesses will not need to provide anything other than standard latex gloves to protect their employees when cleaning in the workplace.
COVID-19 Screening:
Given the current pandemic, employers have greater flexibility when it comes to testing employees for COVID-19. As employees return to work, companies need to consider what is best for them. Any screening method must be applied to all employees equally and consistently.
Taking temporal temperature before each shift: This is the easiest and least invasive way but only screens for one symptom so may not be effective.
Asking screening questions along with taking temperature before each shift: Asking established questions regarding other COVID-19 symptoms (such as cough or sore throat) and possible exposure since they last worked provides a more effective picture of an employee’s health while being minimally invasive or time-consuming.
COVID-19 and Antibodies Tests: While recent guidance from the EEOC allows employers to require test results before returning, this may not be practical as testing is not widely available, can be expensive, and will not be fully effective as test results do not prevent future exposure or illness.
As you reopen your business, consider what practical steps you can take to help provide your employees with a healthy and safe workplace. If you have any questions, please contact us to help research specific requirements and offer the latest guidance available.
As states allow businesses to reopen, more guidelines and regulations are being put in place to help protect the health and safety of employees and customers. There have been many questions, especially about face coverings, PPE, and coronavirus screening.
Face Coverings:
While not a substitution for the need for social distancing, the CDC recommends most people wear cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. To be most effective, face coverings should cover the person’s nose and mouth and must be put on, worn, and removed properly.
Many cities and states are mandating face coverings be provided for and worn by employees. Others are requiring customers to wear them as well, even allowing companies to refuse entry or service to customers who refuse.
Companies need to be prepared to require face coverings for employees, even if they have to purchase them, as well as for customers.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
PPE covers a wide range of equipment used to protect workers from exposure to the hazards of their jobs. As related to COVID-19, PPE often includes face shields, goggles, N95 masks, and gowns.
Most businesses will not need to provide anything other than standard latex gloves to protect their employees when cleaning in the workplace.
COVID-19 Screening:
Given the current pandemic, employers have greater flexibility when it comes to testing employees for COVID-19. As employees return to work, companies need to consider what is best for them. Any screening method must be applied to all employees equally and consistently.
Taking temporal temperature before each shift: This is the easiest and least invasive way but only screens for one symptom so may not be effective.
Asking screening questions along with taking temperature before each shift: Asking established questions regarding other COVID-19 symptoms (such as cough or sore throat) and possible exposure since they last worked provides a more effective picture of an employee’s health while being minimally invasive or time-consuming.
COVID-19 and Antibodies Tests: While recent guidance from the EEOC allows employers to require test results before returning, this may not be practical as testing is not widely available, can be expensive, and will not be fully effective as test results do not prevent future exposure or illness.
As you reopen your business, consider what practical steps you can take to help provide your employees with a healthy and safe workplace. If you have any questions, please contact us to help research specific requirements and offer the latest guidance available.
Study Proves Effectiveness of Cleaning Agents Against Coronavirus
Four common active ingredients found to kill pathogens in one to five minutes
As reopening facilities increase their cleaning, they have confirmation that the active ingredients in commonly used cleaning products are effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
In a research letter published in the current issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, investigators write that products formulated with ethyl alcohol, para-chloro-meta-xylenol (PCMX), salicylic acid, and quaternary ammonium compounds kill 99.9% of coronaviruses. The researchers say viruses like SARS-CoV-2 are some of the most vulnerable pathogens to these four microbicidal agents which are found in many detergents and cleaning solutions.
The investigators made their claims following laboratory tests examining active ingredients in well-known and widely used brands of antiseptic liquid, hand sanitizer, hand wash, disinfectant spray, personal care and surface wipes, bar soap, surface cleanser, and laundry sanitizer. The study found all microbicidal actives to be effective at inactivating SARS-CoV-2 within one to five minutes.
The researchers’ hope is that their findings will be useful to the infection prevention and control community. For information on the proper use of cleaners and disinfectants found to be effective against coronavirus, check out this infographic.
Four common active ingredients found to kill pathogens in one to five minutes
As reopening facilities increase their cleaning, they have confirmation that the active ingredients in commonly used cleaning products are effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
In a research letter published in the current issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, investigators write that products formulated with ethyl alcohol, para-chloro-meta-xylenol (PCMX), salicylic acid, and quaternary ammonium compounds kill 99.9% of coronaviruses. The researchers say viruses like SARS-CoV-2 are some of the most vulnerable pathogens to these four microbicidal agents which are found in many detergents and cleaning solutions.
The investigators made their claims following laboratory tests examining active ingredients in well-known and widely used brands of antiseptic liquid, hand sanitizer, hand wash, disinfectant spray, personal care and surface wipes, bar soap, surface cleanser, and laundry sanitizer. The study found all microbicidal actives to be effective at inactivating SARS-CoV-2 within one to five minutes.
The researchers’ hope is that their findings will be useful to the infection prevention and control community. For information on the proper use of cleaners and disinfectants found to be effective against coronavirus, check out this infographic.
If you would like additional services outside the standard scope of work and contract, such as more frequent cleaning for high traffic areas, please either contact your local CJ Maintenance representative, or call 800-CJMAINT (256-2468)
If you are notified that a person has been positively diagnosed or is being tested for COVID-19 that has recently been in your facility, please immediately contact your CJM Supervisor or Operations Manager and follow the CDC guidelines.
At CJ Maintenance (CJM), the safety of our team members, our clients, and the public is always of primary importance in everything that we do. In light of the constantly changing situation regarding COVID-19, CJM remains vigilant in monitoring the most up-to-date safety, infection control and cleaning protocols recommended by experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and others.
We are actively engaged with all our department teams to ensure the appropriate information is shared and the needs are met of clients and team members.
We are actively engaged with all our department teams to ensure the appropriate information is shared and the needs are met of clients and team members.
Our Clients
Hygiene and Safety ProductsWhile prevention is key to the spread of any virus, there are products we can provide beyond general cleaners as part of your regular cleaning service for building entrances, commonly used areas, high-touch surfaces or in specialized applications.*
*Based on availability 
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Increased Frequency CleaningIncreased frequency of cleaning with disinfectants in high traffic areas is an additional measure you can take to help protect your facility and occupants. CJM will work with you to understand traffic patterns and occupancy levels to determine your specific needs.
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Using Enhanced Methods and DisinfectantsSwitching from all-purpose or general cleaners to EPA-registered disinfectants will help prevent the spread of pathogens while following strict disinfection procedures. CJM uses disinfecting procedures for high touch surfaces.
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Team Members
CJM has policies for worker protection and provides training to all cleaning staff regularly, as well as, on site prior to providing cleaning tasks. Training includes when to use PPE, what PPE is necessary, how to properly don (put on), use, and doff (take off) PPE, and how to properly dispose of PPE.
CJM ensure workers are trained on the hazards of the cleaning chemicals used in the workplace in accordance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200).
CJM ensure workers are trained on the hazards of the cleaning chemicals used in the workplace in accordance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200).
CJM educates staff and workers performing cleaning and trash pick-up activities to recognize the symptoms of COVID-19 and provides instructions on what to do if they develop symptoms within 14 days after their last possible exposure to the virus. At a minimum, any staff should immediately notify their supervisor and the local health authorities if they develop symptoms of COVID-19. The health authorities will provide guidance on what actions need to be taken.
Cleaning and Disinfection After Suspected or Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in the Facility
As recommended by the CDC, at schools, daycare centers, offices, or other facilities that do not house people overnight, immediately close off areas visited by the ill persons. Open outside doors and windows and use ventilating fans to increase air circulation in the area. We wait 24 hours or as long as practical before beginning cleaning and disinfection.
The CJM cleaning staff cleans and disinfects all areas such as offices, bathrooms, common areas, shared electronic equipment like tablets, touch screens, keyboards, remote controls, and ATM machines used by the ill persons, focusing especially on frequently touched surfaces.
The CJM cleaning staff cleans and disinfects all areas such as offices, bathrooms, common areas, shared electronic equipment like tablets, touch screens, keyboards, remote controls, and ATM machines used by the ill persons, focusing especially on frequently touched surfaces.
Infection Prevention in Commercial Facilities - CLICK HERE
Infection Prevention in Schools & Universities - CLICK HERE
Infection Prevention in Schools & Universities - CLICK HERE
Additional Resources & Information
This information has been consolidated from various sources including the CDC, EPA, OSHA, and others. Please confirm the latest information and use at your own discretion. We do not guarantee this is the most complete information, but we have taken care to link directly to official sources when possible.
This short video demonstrates how micro droplets travel through the air when a person sneezes, coughs, or is even carrying on a conversation.
This gives you a better appreciation for social distancing and the use of a mask.
This gives you a better appreciation for social distancing and the use of a mask.
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Search Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus) - CLICK HERE
American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) list of products that have been pre-approved by the EPA for use against emerging enveloped viral pathogens and can be used during the current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - CLICK HERE Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Poster - CLICK HERE Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers - CLICK HERE Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Facility - CLICK HERE Steps To Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 If You Are Sick - CLICK HERE Stop the Spread of Germs (English) - CLICK HERE Stop the Spread of Germs (Spanish) - CLICK HERE Stop the Spread of Germs (Korean) - CLICK HERE Symptoms of Coronavirus 2019 - CLICK HERE Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 - CLICK HERE or Printer Friendly Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 - CLICK HERE How to reuse an N95 Mask - CLICK HERE Frequently Asked Questions - CLICK HERE 
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CLICK HERE to learn more about the true Value of Clean facilities.
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