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Your and Employee Safety is a Priority
1. Have knowingly been in close or proximate contact in the past 14 days with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or who has or had symptoms of COVID-19
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2. Have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days.
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3. Have experienced any symptoms of COVID-19 in the past 14 days. According to CDC guidance, the term “symptomatic” includes employees who have the following symptoms or combinations of symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, or at least two of the following symptoms: fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills,muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) recommends a 72-hour quarantine of collection items as the safest and most effective way to disinfect them after handling by staff and patrons.
"For specific material types, a quarantine period of less than 72 hours may be appropriate. A study published as a Correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine on March 17, 2020 (https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056) shows that COVID-19 will persist on cardboard surfaces for 24 hours and on plastic surfaces for up to 72 hours. Based on this research, an appropriate quarantine time for paper or plain cardboard products would be a minimum of 24 hours, while an appropriate quarantine time for books covered in polyester (e.g., Mylar) or other plastics, as well as plastic-based materials such as CDs and DVDs, is 72 hours. A 72-hour quarantine is appropriate for any other type of collection item or any item about which a curator is uncertain."
This safety plan will be revised as official guidance evolves.
Reviewed and Revised: June 15, 2020