Cleaning, Disinfection, and Engineering Controls
Cleaning & Disinfection
The University’s custodial services team will follow all applicable public health guidelines for cleaning and disinfection of campus facilities. The University’s plan for cleaning and disinfection includes the following:
- Procurement and utilization of only EPA-registered disinfectants identified for use against SARS-CoV-2;
- Training employees with prior cleaning and custodial responsibilities to prioritize cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces in their assigned areas;
- Installing disinfecting wipe stations across campus in academic, administrative, athletic and dining spaces, with signage encouraging individuals to wipe down high-touch surfaces with which they might come into contact; and
- Significantly increasing the number of hand sanitizer stations across campus.
Healthy Buildings — Engineering Controls
Engineering controls within campus buildings are an effective way to mitigate the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Based on recommendations, the University is in the process of implementing the following engineering controls in its academic, administrative and residential buildings:
- Modifying air handling systems to the greatest extent feasible to increase outside air input into buildings through existing systems;
- Adding UV-C filtration and/or bi-polar ionization to existing air handling systems to neutralize viral particles;
- Installing foot pulls on bathroom doors;
- Installing stanchions in high traffic locations or where people are likely to queue;
- Modifying water fountains so that they can only be used to fill bottles and adding bottle fillers in buildings without them; and
- Installing at least one no-touch faucet in public bathrooms that currently have none.