What can you do to ensure you are interacting safely?

Author: SCIRE Professional Team | Reviewers: Cynthia Morin , Andrea Townson | Published: 4 August 2020 | Updated: ~

Historical pandemic information reproduced with its original publication context.

On the following list, check off which guidelines you already practice. Determine where you can make improvements to ensure your own safety, and the safety of those around you.

Ensure someone is available to address any of your urgent needs

Wear a mask, and request that those around you also wear a mask

Have others wash their hands when they arrive and each time interacting with you

Avoid having others directly touch your face, or their own

Ask others to stay home if they are unwell (temperature >38° or 100.4°F), if they are exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, or if they have possibly been exposed to an unwell person

Plan backup caregivers, and prepare others who may be needed to support you in an emergency

Let sick employees who are sent home know that there is an EI sickness benefit for those forced to quarantine due to COVID-19

Read through the SCIRE Caregiver Fact-sheet