{"id":30041,"date":"2020-03-19T10:44:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2022-08-17T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T20:15:19","slug":"how-workers-can-stay-safe-from-coronavirus-in-other-peoples-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/how-workers-can-stay-safe-from-coronavirus-in-other-peoples-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying safe from the coronavirus when you work in other people\u2019s homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_30044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30044\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30044\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/19060338\/Plumber-pic-sized.webp\" alt=\"People who work in other people's homes, like plumbers, should be wary of sick people.\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/19060338\/Plumber-pic-sized.webp 600w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/19060338\/Plumber-pic-sized-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/19060338\/Plumber-pic-sized-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/19060338\/Plumber-pic-sized-200x134.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People who work in other people&#8217;s homes should be asking questions in advance and should avoid working in a home where someone is sick. Photo: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For workers who must go into other people\u2019s homes, the time has come to dispense with typical introductions and\u00a0routines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s completely reasonable, before they go in, to ask if anyone at the home is currently ill or under quarantine. If someone is under quarantine or sick in the home, then the worker should check with a supervisor to see if the work must be done or if it could be delayed,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/david-beckham-md-infectious-disease\/\">Dr. David Beckham<\/a>, an infectious disease specialist who studies viruses in a lab he runs at the <a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.cuanschutz.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-at-university-of-colorado-anschutz-medical-campus\/\">Anschutz Medical Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham and researchers at his lab study viruses similar to coronaviruses called flaviviruses. They include common viruses like West Nile, Dengue, tick-borne encephalitis and Zika.<\/p>\n<p>Across the world, the coronavirus pandemic is disrupting many workplaces. Some people are losing their jobs. Some employees can work from home. But others don\u2019t have that luxury.<\/p>\n<p>And the stakes go up when you have to do your work in someone else\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>For appliance repair people, plumbers, and cable, internet and phone technicians, the new coronavirus is causing worries about lost earnings if you stop working and the chances of getting infected if you keep working.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham said it\u2019s quite reasonable to change behavior based on those worries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of our social norms are going to have to be broken in order to make sure everyone is safe,\u201d said Beckham, who is an Associate Professor in the departments of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He sees patients at both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-university-of-colorado-hospital-uch\/\">UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver.va.gov\/about\/RMRVAMC-facility.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center in Aurora<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the recommendations Beckham has for workers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call ahead and ask if anyone in the home is sick or quarantined. If the answer is \u201cyes,\u201d do everything possible to postpone the job.<\/li>\n<li>If a worker is sick, that person should stay home and not expose customers or co-workers to possible infections.<\/li>\n<li>Take care of as much business as possible outside of the home.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the details of the job in advance over the phone or via email or text to minimize time in the house.<\/li>\n<li>Take care of payments digitally if possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For people like postal workers and food and package delivery workers, do not enter a person\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to be in touch with a person, text or call them. Leave packages or deliveries of food or groceries outside the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave people come outside to pick up the deliveries,\u201d Beckham said. \u201cIf you avoid entering the house, you\u2019re significantly decreasing risk of exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For delivery people who share vehicles, be sure to wipe down any frequently touched surfaces, like steering wheels, gear shifts and arm rests.<\/p>\n<p>For workers who must do their jobs inside a customer\u2019s home, Beckham recommends talking in advance to the customer about a protocol so everyone can stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fine to say, \u2018I need to make sure I\u2019m being as safe as I can, and after I\u2019m done I\u2019m going to wash my hands,\u2019\u201d Beckham said.<\/p>\n<p>Let the customer know that you are healthy. Let them know you plan to keep your distance \u2014 at least 6 feet apart.<\/p>\n<p>If a customer has stated that no one is sick, but the worker arrives and finds that someone in the home is coughing or sneezing, it would be wise to leave and discuss doing the work later.<\/p>\n<p>Do not shake hands. Do not worry about asking direct questions. All of us must get used to discussing our health status in order to keep our communities as safe as possible and to reduce the spread of the highly contagious coronanvirus.<\/p>\n<p>While in homes, as much as possible, workers should avoid touching surfaces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-callout-box col-xs-6 col-sm-6 right\" style=\"background-color:#dce4e7; color:#2e3b44;\">\n<h4>For all updates and to read more articles about the new coronavirus, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/covid-19-coronavirus-recent-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">uchealth.org\/covid19<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/10.1056\/NEJMc2004973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine<\/a> has found that the coronavirus can live on some surfaces for several hours. The tests were done in labs with high dosages of virus and researchers are not certain how long the virus lives on surfaces under regular conditions in homes. A variety of factors contribute to the virus\u2019 ability to survive outside the human body, including humidity, temperature and light.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Beckham said that coronaviruses are no longer contagious when they dry. So, it\u2019s unlikely that workers would carry the virus into their own homes on a uniform or other item of clothing. Unless a person sneezes or coughs directly on your clothes, a worker probably doesn\u2019t need to worry about washing a uniform or another item of clothing after each job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese viruses are what we call \u2018enveloped viruses.\u2019 They dry out once the envelope seal breaks,\u201d Beckham said.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be contagious, the virus must be moist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClothing surfaces are not good for them. Once they dry out, they\u2019re dead. And, once the organism dries out, its ability to be infectious decreases dramatically. On clothing, they dry out much faster,\u201d Beckham said.<\/p>\n<p>The new study related to surfaces found that the virus could last for hours on hard surfaces like plastics and stainless steel. But researchers have much more to learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe virus tends to be most easily spread by respiratory secretions. There\u2019s new data that shows those secretions can be on some surfaces or in the air if a person coughs for one to two hours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to minimize your interactions with people in a house,\u201d Beckham said.<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s best for workers to spend as little time as possible inside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile you\u2019re in the house, make sure you don\u2019t touch your face or your mouth with your hands. Focus on the job. Get it done, then wash your hands with soap and water,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While worries about surfaces can be frightening, Beckham and other infectious disease specialists say it\u2019s much more important for everyone to be careful about the moist droplets that emerge when a sick person sneezes or coughs. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to stay about 6 feet away from people and to practice good hand hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe major mode of transmission is the respiratory droplets. Social distancing will help more than anything to reduce the spread of the virus,\u201d Beckham said.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham said it\u2019s vital for all of us to keep each other safe and that includes protecting workers helping us in our homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis person is doing very important work,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to keep them safe so they can help the person in the next home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For workers who must go into other people\u2019s homes, the time has come to dispense with typical introductions and\u00a0routines. \u201cIt\u2019s completely reasonable, before they go in, to ask if anyone at the home is currently ill or under quarantine. 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