Purpose:
In order to create a safe environment for Employees and Members Warlock Athletics will follow a coordinated and prescribed plan for re-opening the facility once the decision is made that facilities of this type are allowed to be open to the public. All Employees will follow the directives of this plan.
Background:
The Sars-CoV-2 (aka Novel Coronavirus) is the strain of Coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The best information available from WHO, CDC and NIH was utilized to draft this plan. This plan will be revised as new data becomes available. Some assumptions used during the drafting of the plan are:
- Sars-CoV-2 is a droplet transmitted virus that is Novel (not before seen in population).[1]
- There is no known herd immunity[2]
- Droplets can reasonably be expected to travel 3-10 feet from the host during normal activities
- Sars-CoV-2 can live on surfaces from 3 hours on paper up to 3 days on stainless steel and 4 days on paper money [3]
- Best practices have been developed and released from the CDC to control the spread of Sars-CoV-2 and are located on the CDC website[4]
- Certain populations are at higher risk for significant health impact from Sars-CoV-2[5]
Organization
Warlock has chosen to apply the Haddon Matrix for prevention, control and mitigation of risk related to infectious disease. The plan is organized into pre-contact, contact, post-contact to help identify proper actions at proper times. It is then further divided to Company, Facility, Community controls.
Phases
Many of the steps will be carried out in phases to gradually increase capacity as the threat is reduced. Phasing will be shown in Appendix A.
At such time that no risk exists for transmission between members of the general public, Warlock will transition back to basic infection control procedures as outlined in the Warlock Infection Control Program.
The phases will be implemented based on current best practices and guidelines from appropriate sources.
Definitions
Contact: a class, personal training session, seminar, meeting or any other opportunity for contact between an infected individual and another group of individuals (employees or clients).
Disinfectant: The “green” disinfectant available in bulk at Warlock
Prior to opening to public
All employees will report and entire facility will be cleaned and disinfected.
Pre-contact:
Company:
Develop plan and train employees on specific actions required
Order and maintain proper supplies needed to implement infection control procedures
Make sure information is passed to all members before their arrival at facility
Facility:
All surfaces cleaned prior to arrival of clients
Equipment organized to minimize contact with other members
Designate appropriate areas for “locker room” to minimize contact (as appropriate)
Designate entrance/exit to minimize contact (as appropriate)
Signage encouraging social distancing, good hygiene and general wellness
Community:
Educated on proper etiquette during expanded social distancing period
Aware of signs/symptoms of illness and does not enter facility if sick
Sanitize hands and personal equipment before entering facility
Signs into class using app before arrival (no iPad on desk)
Contact
Company
Programming to minimize contact of members (no team/partner workouts)
Program as much outdoors time as feasible
Limit programming to shorter durations of member engagement (allows time to clean and leave before next wave)
Class sizes limited
Alter athlete cueing as appropriate
Facility
Delineated areas for members to occupy during activity
Equipment needed for workout is already in place (reasonably)
Additional disinfectant bottles are distributed throughout facility
Natural ventilation (weather permitting)
Community
Maintains social distancing when moving about facility
Only attends classes as scheduled
Limits person-to-person contact
Limits interaction with in-coming and out-going classes
Clean area after contact (including equipment, floor, and any touched surfaces)
Post-Contact
Company
Disinfects all contact areas after designated period using prescribed disinfectant and PPE as dictated by situation.
Including but not limited to: equipment, weights, floors, door surfaces, counters, bathrooms, any other area in contact with individuals.
Re-stocks all cleaning products
Prepares equipment for next contact period
Reports any contact that may have been infectious
Facility
Designate entrance/exit (as appropriate)
Community
Relay any illness or signs/symptoms to coach if you become sick after attending facility
Communication/evaluation
The procedures of this plan will be communicated to all parties including Employees and Members. Employees will be required to attend a training session in person or via video conference and will afforded opportunity for questions, comments and feedback. Members will be notified via social media and through other electronic means.
This plan will be evaluated and may be changed at any time by Warlock management based on new information, emerging best practices or other updates as they become available.
Conclusion
Any questions and reports of infectious contact should be directed to the infection control officer: Chris Quinby Chris@warlockathletics.com or 845-406-4357.
Warlock takes the health of its employees and members very
seriously and wishes everyone a healthy and enjoyable hour of their day.
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#How-COVID-19-Spreads; 4/22/2020
[2] https://www.healthline.com/health/herd-immunity; 4/22/2020
[3] Chin A W H, Chu J T S, Perera M R A, et al. Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in
different environmental conditions. Lancet Microbe 2020; published online April 2.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30003-3.
[4] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html; 4/22/2020
[5] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/groups-at-higher-risk.html; 4/22/2020