Are you and your office ready for post-MCO? 18 questions from Dr Amar-Singh

We need to behave and act as though everyone around us is Covid-19 positive. We need to behave and act as though we have an asymptomatic infection of Covid-19 and can infect others. We need to protect all older persons as if they are our parents and all those vulnerable to Covid-19 as our sisters and brothers.

As you plan to return to the office, here is a checklist of some of the things you need to consider and prepare for:

1. How are you going to manage public transport?
2. Has your office prepared a clear standard operating policy (SOP) or checklist to minimise the risk of staff getting the virus or spreading it?
3. How is the office building going to limit the number of people who enter and leave when coming to work and going home?
4. Has your office thought about staggered working hours or work from home?
5. How is the office building going to handle lifts?
6. What are you going to do about the office air-conditioning?
7. How can we modify the open office environment?
8. How will you modify the office meeting?
9. How to avoid contamination of common used items?
10. How are you going to deal with the pantry, prayer areas and common staff areas?
11. Have you a plan for mask safety and changing masks?
12. What is the plan to limit staff socialising?
13. What is the policy for the toilets?
14. What is the new cleaning routine for the office?
15. How will we use gloves optimally?
16. What is the policy if someone is unwell?
17. How do we deal with travelling, site visits, conferences, etc?
18. Do you have a plan to minimise virus transmission to your family?

Read here (The Malay Mail, April 28, 2020)