07 COVID-19 safety assessment criteria for Offices in Ho Chi Minh City

07 safety assessment criteria for COVID-19 for Offices in Ho Chi Minh City (Artwork)

There are 07 criteria to assess the safety of COVID-19 prevention and control activities at the working offices of production, business and service providers in Ho Chi Minh City. As follows:

Criterion 1: Employees

Employees shall satisfy the following conditions:

- Employees of departments that have direct contact with external people shall have the “COVID Green Pass”. Employees of other departments shall have at least the “COVID Green Pass (with limited access to certain activities)”.

- Employees who return to the workplace for the first time shall at least the “COVID Green Pass (with limited access to certain activities)” and have an unexpired negative SARS-CoV-2 test result (by quick test or RT-PCR) according to regulations of health authorities.

Criterion 2: Safety distances at the workplace

The distance between two seats in the working room, meeting room, guest room is at least 2 m or there are partitions between two seats; the temperature in the room is not lower than 25°C.

Criterion 3: Inspection, supervision of Covid-19 prevention and control at the workplace

- Staff is assigned to take body temperature, supervise employees wearing facemasks, washing hands; maintain the safety distance of 2 m and prevent employees and visitors from gathering at the entrance of the office.

- There is a plan for implementation of anti-Covid measures at the office and inspection thereof; results are recorded and analyzed to make necessary improvements (if any).

Criterion 4:  Medical equipment and supply for Covid-19 prevention and control at the workplace

- The office that has at least 100 employees has a medical room and medicine cabinet to care for and temporarily isolate employees that are suspected or confirmed Covid-19 cases.

- Medical equipment and supply for Covid-19 prevention and control are available at appropriate locations in the office.

+ Equipment: thermometers, sanitizer dispensers, QC scanner, Green Card scanner, etc. at the office entrance.

+ Medical supplies: sanitizer is available at: the office entrance, doors of working rooms, meeting rooms, guest rooms, medical rooms and restrooms; each table in the meeting rooms and guest rooms.

+ There are other medical equipment and supplies for handling suspected cases according to instructions of health authorities.

Criterion 5: Environmental hygiene at the workplace

- There is at least 01 restroom for every 10 female employees or 15 male employees; at least 01 hand-washing sink for every 10 employees; adequate clean water and soap in the restrooms.

- Working rooms, meeting rooms and guest rooms are sanitized at least 01 time/week; restrooms and medical room are sanitized at least 01 time/day.

- The areas are sanitized in accordance with regulations health authorities.

- There are trash cans with lids for domestic wastes and medical wastes at convenient locations in the working rooms, meeting rooms, guest rooms, medical rooms and restrooms and public areas.

Criterion 6: Anti-Covid communications at the workplace

- Disseminate information, remind employees to implement anti-Covid measures in appropriate manners.

- Disclose contact information of the person in charge of Covid-19 prevention and control of the unit and contact information of the local health authorities in order to serve exchange of information, feedbacks and comments between the unit and the local authorities.

Criterion 7: Plan for Covid-19 prevention and control at the workplace

There is a plan for Covid-19 prevention and control at the unit according to instructions of health authorities, Including the plan for handling suspected and confirmed Covid-19 cases; plan for screening, testing employees for SARS-CoV-2 as instructed by heath authorities.

The plan shall be revised according to reality and evaluation result. Inform the local authority for inspection.

Note: 

- The conditions are fully satisfied: Passed;

- The conditions are not fully satisfied: Failed.

Decision 3328/QD-BCD of Vietnam dated September 15, 2021 for the safety assessment criteria for epidemic prevention and control.

 Bao Ngoc

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