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GP service or the HSE and follow medical advice which could include continuing self-isolation
at home.
• If the employee is unable to go home, they must contact their doctor or out of hours GP
service or the HSE and follow medical advice. As long as the employee remains in work, they
must avoid contacting or touching colleagues, surfaces, and objects.
• While leaving or waiting to leave their workplace, it is necessary for employees to cover their
mouth and nose with the face mask and use disposable tissues provided when they cough or
sneeze and put the tissue in the waste bag provided.
• Arrange transport home or to a hospital after receiving medical advice. Under HSE guidelines,
the use of public transport of any kind should not be used.
• Before the employee leaves the isolation area, they should inform their line manager if they
have been in contact with colleagues or touched surfaces and objects. This is essential
information so that appropriate cleaning of the isolation area and work areas involved can be
undertaken and completed.
• The employee must provide any assistance if contacted by the HSE, so that the ITM TECH can
assist the HSE in contact tracing of any employees who may have been in contact with them.

Additional advice on dealing with a suspected virus case is available from the NSAI:
https://www.nsai.ie/images/uploads/general/NSAI-Guidelines-for-COVID-19-2020-04-09.pdf

The best way to prevent person-to-person spread of a Virus is to use proper hand hygiene and
respiratory etiquette and practice social and physical distancing. The current recommended
distance to be maintained between people to minimise risk of transmission is 2 metres.

7.12 HAND HYGINE

Regular hand washing with soap and water is effective for the removal of most viruses.
This is a link to HSE guidelines on Hand Hygiene:
https://www2.hse.ie/wellbeing/how-to-wash-your-hands.html

ITM TECH would ask all employees to ensure they are familiar with and follow hand hygiene guidance
and advice and remember to wash their hands before and after:
• Coughing and sneezing
• Eating
• Preparing food
• Being in contact with someone who is displaying any virus symptoms
• Being on public transport (if using it)
• Being in a crowd
• Arriving and leaving the workplace / other sites
• Having a cigarette or vaping
• Toilet use

7.13 RESPIRATORY HYGINE
In addition to hand hygiene, good respiratory hygiene and etiquette is also essential:
• Adopt good respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
• Ensure you are familiar with, and follow, respiratory hygiene guidance.

Note: Wearing of masks is not a substitute for other measures outlined above. However, if masks
are worn, they should be clean, and they should not be shared or handled by other colleagues.
Employees should keep up to date with the latest Public Health advice issued in regard to masks by
Gov.ie/NPHET.

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