Areas that need to be included:

Personal and Hand hygiene

Proper procedure of hand washing includes using soap, removing jewellery and rolling up sleeves

When to wash your hands

Some key instances:

• Before and after eating
• After contact with a person and/ or their surrounding objects
• Using a keyboard, mouse, phone, iPad or pen
• After coughing or sneezing

Using Hand Sanitiser

• Must be alcohol based (with approved levels)
• Apply to dry hands
• Use when you are unable to wash your hands
• Should be readily available at events due to limited capacity for guests to regularly wash their hands

Cough Etiquette

• Make sure to cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, or if that is not available, into your inner elbow
• Keep hands clean by washing them or sanitising after coughing or sneezing

Use of Gloves

• You must wear gloves when contacting bodily fluids such as when cleaning up dirty surfaces
• All cleaning using cleaning products should be done wearing gloves
• Make sure to perform hand hygiene before and after wearing gloves
• Gloves do not replace hand washing
• Gloves should be changed multiple times during the day

Disposable Masks

• Perform hand hygiene before putting on a mask
• If your mask is moist, dirty or worn for more than 4 hours then it must be changed
• Don’t touch the front of the mask
• Ensure you have the mask on the correct way round and that it covers your nose and mouth
• Wash your hands after taking the mask off

Waste Disposal

• Waste should be contained and disposed of properly
• Bins should be provided in the working area for attendees, workers and volunteers
• Hands should always be washed after handling or disposing of waste items

Signage / Way-finding

• Entry and exit points should be marked to convey physical distancing protocol
• One-way traffic flow of people are helpful for physical distancing
• Signage for hand sanitiser dispensers at each entry and exit for guests, and other areas where there are high frequency touch points

Physical Distancing

• Reducing capacities is an effective measure
• Follow the guidelines of the State Government restrictions and also the venue requirements/ rules

Cleaning

• A combination of cleaning and disinfection will be most effective
• Cleaning: physically removing germs
• Disinfecting: using chemicals to kill germs
• Workplaces must be cleaned at least daily
• Disinfection only after the area has been cleaned
• Surfaces with more hand contact should be cleaned more often/prioritised
• Gloves should be worn when cleaning

Contactless

• Hand sanitiser must be available for all attendees and workers where hand washing is not available or accessible
• Contactless payment is encouraged
• Avoid touching cash where possible
• In public toilets, use a paper towel to open the door when leaving and then dispose of it

Contact Tracing

• Contact tracing is very time critical
• Provision of contact details to Victorian health officials should be done as efficiently as possible
• Contact details are required for all workers and attendees onsite
• Can create your own unique QR code (either via the State Government QR System or private companies)
• If you use pen and paper, the pen must be wiped down with antiseptic wipes after each use