Safely Reopening Your Business

KIMT News 3's Isabella Basco breaks down the five steps you can take

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Essential businesses get back up and running... you might be wondering what are the safest... most practical ways to r?

Open.

The rochester area chamber of commerce is giving 5 steps to do just that.

Kimt news 3's isabella basco joins us live with the details?

Isabella?

Xxx well... if you are a checklist person like me... you might like your steps laid out in bullet points.

That's what the rochester area chamber of commerce did: lay out 5 steps to reopen your business ranging from having a written plan to house keeping.

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Dan mesenburg of servicemaster restore offered a roadmap to businesses that hope to reopen soon.

First?

Designate a workplace coordinator?

The person who will have all the latest information about everything related to coronavirus.

Secondly?

Create a plan in writing that covers key points related to the virus.

Third?

Educate staff about the importance of personal hygeine at home and in the workplace.

"washing your hands before eating, after using the restroom, some of that seems like common sense knowledge to most of us but there's a lot of people that don't practice this every day."

Regularly disinfecting commonly used surfaces is key to keeping a business safe.

"wiping off doorknobs, light switches, your cell phone which is a petri dish, your keyboards, your mice, things we touch on a regular basis now need to be cleaned with a greater frequency."

Fourth?

Practice good housekeeping.

"so, have a list of items to clean."

Lastly?

Communicate to your customers all the hard work you are putting in.

"we aren't going to want to hide the fact that we are cleaning, we're going to want to show the customer that we are doing the hig?

Touch cleaning."

Mesenberg believes adopting these protocols will become our new normal.

For more resources on what you can do to keep your workplace safe..visit kimt dot com.

Live in rochester ib kimt news 3.

Thank you isabella.

The rochester area chamber of commerce will have another webinar on thursday.

They'll talk about liability concerns surrounding reopening your business during the pandemic.///