For all housekeeping, janitorial and other staff now required to clean homes or businesses training on bloodborne pathogens, practices for clean up and universal precautions in dealing with COVID-19 are essential and the law.  

  We must educate our staff on the importance of PPC and the equipment they are using to protect themselves and others. BP training needs to be given on proper use and disposal of gloves, masks, shoe coverings, gowns, etc.  We are fighting to flatten the curve of the virus.

  To come through when we are called for such an enormous task as being on the frontline in battling the spread of this bloodborne pathogen. I feel like it is our duty to have staff that is properly trained and informed.

The fines from OSHA can start at $5000 per employee and there are articles online where deaths have occurred and OSHA fines being 70K per employee, this does not include the civil lawsuits that are brought against the janitorial company from the family for not giving the legally required training to staff.