Thursday, April 16, 2020

Shoes are fomites

I never really thought about where all those nasty COVID droplets in the air end up - the floor. I was so preoccupied with hand washing. 

Footwear: The CDC released a study suggesting that infection prevention strategies regarding footwear might be helpful when responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The floor is always considered contaminated.
  • Practices to consider include:
    • Placing the lower half of a cardboard box in trunk/car and changing out of work shoes that have been worn in the hospital before entering the car to drive home or elsewhere.
    • Removing shoes in the garage and not taking them into the house.
    • When arriving at the parking lot for work, removing work shoes from the car and changing into them.

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