Covid-19 protocol Casinos. Coljuegos has published the draft protocol for the prevention of infection and spread of coronavirus in the gambling sector, to revive the industry.
"The preventive actions contained in the final protocol will not be the only ones applicable. The operators must also adopt the health standards required by the Laws, international regulations of the WHO, Decrees, Resolutions, Circulars" clarifies Coljuegos.
To begin with, the draft establishes that gambling operators must perform a risk analysis within the company to determine the charges that may present LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH risk, according to the level of contact or exposure that they may have with third parties, and establish mitigation and prevention protocols.
Low Risk: Charges that can develop their activities 100% by teleworking or working at home.
Medium Risk: Charges that must have an iteration between teleworking and travelling to certain specific geographical points, such as office, POS, attendance at draws.
High Risk: Positions with high exposure and third-party contact.
For these protocols, Coljuegos proposes the following 16 general measures:
1. The personnel who provide the services must be in good health and not suffer from chronic diseases or diseases that affect their immune response.
2. They should use personal protective equipment such as masks or face masks and disposable or rubber gloves, depending on the level of exposure.
3. The protective elements should be put on before starting any activity and removed after being outside the exposure zone.
4. Coughing, sneezing, hand washing and other greeting protocols must be available to workers and users.
5. A minimum social distance of 1.5 meters between people should be maintained.
6. Do not pass your hands over your eyes, mouth, or ears.
7. If you have symptoms of flu, you should immediately notify your boss and stay home and watch for symptoms in case you need to go to the medical service.
8. Clean work surfaces with water-based products containing hypochlorite or disinfectants.
9. Limit the number of people and exposure time to the minimum possible.
10. Strengthen and intensify cleaning programs in physical facilities.
11. If air conditioning is used, it should be properly checked and maintained.
12. Implement and maintain hydration points for employees.
13. Avoid entry control systems by footprint or requiring physical contract.
14. If cash is required, guarantee that the money is deposited in a plastic bag and the corresponding if it is necessary to return money in exchange. As far as possible, the exact amount of the product should be paid.
15. Adopt a communications plan in which the protocol and relevant recommendations are disseminated to all relevant actors. With partners and underwriters.
16. Disseminate the measures and guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection
These are some of the initial measures proposed by Coljuegos to be implemented inside the casinos:
a. Follow all the recommendations given by the Ministry of Labour.
b. Ensure proper air circulation.
c. Promote the modality of working at home for the greatest possible number of collaborators.
d. Implement different entrance and exit shifts throughout the working day, to avoid crowding of workers at the entrance, in the work centres and in the mass transport.
e. Establish an epidemiological surveillance system for the control and monitoring of cases, for which reason a register of workers and their schedules must be kept.
f. Surfaces that are touched, service counters, sales terminal, chairs, handles, and other exposed furniture must be cleaned every hour with disinfectant liquids.
g. Keep contact with the external user or customer to a minimum.
h. Make available soapy water or at least 60% glycerine alcohol and elements for waste collection.
i. To implement and maintain hydration points that allow the collaborators to hydrate themselves in a continuous way in the operation.
j. Conduct adequate maintenance of air projection equipment, such as hand dryers, air conditioning and ventilation equipment.
k. Implement a solid waste management protocol that establishes the disposal of biohazardous waste in red bags with a label and a lid.
l. Require visitors or external clients to wear masks or face masks when entering the organization's facilities.
Finally, Coljuegos will conduct periodic evaluations of each of the implemented measures, assessing the biological risk for coronavirus infection and determining the most appropriate controls.
Along with a monitoring time for the performance of mandatory medical examinations according to the identified risk levels. For some operators interviewed, the guidelines are not very descriptive and can be ambiguous, so they should be more explicit, such as the WHO guidelines. Covid-19 protocol Casinos. Coljuegos
Here is the complete document in Spanish
