Exhibit 5 Exposure Control Plan (ECP) Example.pdf

EXHIBIT 5: Exposure Control Plan (ECP) EXAMPLE *This document is provided to the Contractor as a guide to create an exposure control plan. The procedures below are not to be interpreted as GSA’s prescribed procedures for dealing with biological or infectious materials.

Building: (name and address)

Company: (name and address) Point of Contact: (company local site mgr)

Introduction:

This document is intended to describe in detail how [company name] intends to perform custodial tasks at the [building name] involving biological or infectious materials such as: blood, vomit, excrement, sewage, or mold.

These tasks will only be performed in-house by staff trained as indicated below. Otherwise, when requested through the contract, the tasks will be subcontracted to qualified and trained Contractors who follow these same procedures.

Training:

The following [company name] staff have completed the training indicated below and may be used to perform the tasks indicated:

Employee Name Training Completed Custodial Tasks

Jon Smith Bloodborne pathogens, Care and use of Personal Protective Equipment, Mold remediation, CDC training on Infection Control

Cleanup of any infectious material or biological material in the building

Joy Jones Bloodborne Pathogens General restroom cleaning

Procedures:

1. General restroom cleaning

a. Verify from building management or the supervisor whether the cleaning involves blood, feces, vomit or similar biological material.

b. Isolate the room to prevent access by anyone during cleaning through the use of cones, caution tape, or similar method

c. If biological material cleanup is needed, put on nitrile disposable gloves, and bring in a biological cleanup cart.

d. Clean the biological material up, avoiding contact with skin, eyes or hair. Dispose of waste and disposable cleanup materials in plastic bags, seal and place in second bag for final disposal in waste dumpster.

Bio cleanup cart to contain: disinfectant wipes, box of nitrile gloves, paper towels, spray cleaner and disinfectant, disposable shoe coverings, mop and bucket, plastic kitchen or large size trash bags, disposable 3M facemask, roll of caution tape or rubber cones for marking off areas.

2. Building exterior excrement cleaning

a. Mark off the immediate area with cones or tape to prevent people from stepping on the droppings and waste or getting in the way of cleaning

b. Put on disposable shoe covers and protective facemask

c. For bird droppings,

i. connect garden hose to outlet,

ii. spray down the droppings with disinfectant cleaner,

iii. turn on the hose and gently wash the waste to the curb and into a drain

iv. When finished, place gloves and shoe covers in plastic trash bag, close up and dispose as trash

3. Cleanup of vomit or blood spills in areas of the building

a. Use the bio cleanup cart to isolate the immediate area with cones or tape

b. Put on gloves, protective mask and shoe coverings as needed

c. For solid floors (such as floor tile, linoleum, wood)

i. Spray the spill with disinfectant cleaner

ii. Using the mop, wetted with warm water, mop up the spill material

iii. Rinse the mop into warm soapy water in the bucket, repeat until the spill is cleaned

iv. Dump the bucket in a large double bagged plastic trash bag or dump down a nearby toilet (Preferred)

v. Rinse the mop in clean warm soapy water in the bucket until the mop is clean

vi. Dry the mop and spray with disinfectant.

vii. Dump the rinsing water from the bucket into the bag or down a toilet

d. For carpeted floors,

i. Spray the spill area with carpet cleaner containing disinfectant

ii. Either shampoo up the spill or vacuum up first with a wet-dry vacuum followed by shampooing

iii. Empty vacuum contents down the toilet or into a double bagged large trash bag

iv. Empty shampooer waste down a nearby toilet or into black trash bag

v. Keep the cones or tape up until the carpet has dried

e. Dispose of shoe coverings, protective mask and other disposables used in the cleaning in a plastic trash bag. Seal the bag and dispose of it as trash.

4. Cleanup of minor water backup or flooding, including greywater

a. Similar to above, except wearing rubber boots or similar foot protection when water covers the floor area

5. Cleanup of water backup or flooding of blackwater

a. Subcontract this cleaning to a licensed environmental remediation contractor [contractor name]

6. Minor cleanup of standing water or moldy surfaces

a. Subcontract this cleaning to a licensed environmental remediation contractor [contractor name]

The following materials will be kept on site to support ECP procedures:

● Plastic trash bags

● Large black plastic trash bags

● Box of disposable dust masks

● Box of latex or nitrile disposable gloves

● Disinfectant wipes

● Disinfectant cleaner (EPA permitted hospital grade)

● Disinfectant carpet shampoo soap

● Wet Dry vacuum

● Carpet shampooer

● Disposable shoe coverings (rubber preferred)

● Rubber boots