COVID-19: Best Practices for Service Providers

There’s no doubt about it: the novel coronavirus has become the issue in our country in recent weeks, and the multifamily industry is in a whirlwind as operators work to protect their team members and residents. 
Properties are well aware that any visitors can pose a risk which is why using services that work with the properties to ensure proper precautions are made is so important. These may be workers from a community’s supplier partners or from the service providers your residents use to help with everyday tasks like dog walking, house cleaning and other chores. 
As social distancing recommendations and stay at home orders growing on a daily basis, apartment communities and residents have a right to expect that their service providers do everything they can to prevent the spread of the coronavirus while onsite. The CDC has released some new cleaning guidelines, and here are some additional practices service providers should be employing:

It’s perhaps the most commonly heard recommendation these days, but service provider employees must wash their hands as much as possible. They should wash their hands between each and every service. They should wash them with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, they should use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
Service providers must require employees to stay home if they are feeling ill or have symptoms of sickness. It is advised to have every employee take their temperature every morning before reporting for w……