By Sam Celly, BChE McHE JD CSP
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (“SARS-CoV-2”) previously called the “novel coronavirus” (World Health Organization). The virus and COVID-19 present serious public health risks. Local and state governments in almost all states have requested the shutdown of non-essential retail services. Many dealerships are keeping their service departments open as part of government recognized “essential service.”
The purpose of this memo is to educate dealership staff to assist in minimizing exposure to the virus and reduce the spread of the disease. We provide this guidance to you for distribution to your management and staff to take proactive steps to help minimize the exposure to the virus. This Covid-19 viral disease is new to all of us. The information you read below may be contradicted in the coming days by advanced knowledge as scientists continue to study the virus. We have reviewed information from government web sites to prepare this memo and recommend that you review information from websites such as www.cdc.gov daily. This memo is not exhaustive. Many advanced ways of protection are available for employees. For example, a fully enclosed body suit with N95 respirator provides greater protection than the PPE currently used in a typical automobile dealership.
To read this article in full click the link below:
https://epaoshablog.com/2020/04/17/covid-19-minimize-exposure-to-the-virus-spread-of-disease/
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Sam Celly, author, has been assisting dealers with EPA/OSHA regulations for the last 33 years. He received his BE (1984) & MS (1986) in Chemical Engineering followed by a JD in 1997.
Your comments/questions are always welcome. Please send them to sam@cellyservices.com.
This story appears in Issue 3 2019-2020 of the San Diego Dealer Magazine.
