Before Shifts

• Don clean clothing and a clean face mask.

• Sanitize hands before entering a client’s home.

During Shifts

• Wash hands immediately upon entering a client’s home.

• Disinfect entry points - doorknobs, light switches, sink faucet, etc.

• Encourage clients to wear a mask.

• Remain 6 feet from clients when possible.

• Encourage clients to wash their hands before and after eating, using the bathroom, or touching their face.  Encourage clients to refrain from touching their face.

• Wash hands before and after contact with a client.

• Bring enough clean face masks to change into a clean one every 2-3 hours.

• Using the back of the DOS sheet, record if a client has:

  a.       Cough

  b.      Shortness of breath

  c.      Chest tightness or pain

  d.      Fever – take and record temperature.

• Report any positive symptoms to the office and to the JHC Corona Virus Hotline – 360.344.3094

• Keep all high touch surfaces disinfected during and at the end of a shift.

• Wash hands before leaving a client’s home.

Between Shifts

• Change clothes between clients so that every shift begins with cleanliness!

• At the end of a previous shift, change at the client’s house, bag dirty clothes in a clean bag, wash hands and depart.

• Sanitize hands after leaving a client’s home.

• Keep vehicles clean and sanitized.

After Shifts

• Report any concerns about a client to the office: 360-385-9664.

• Use hand sanitizer until hands can be washed at home.

• Launder clothes & masks immediately.

We’ll get by with a little help from our friends!

Thank you to the Jefferson County Community Face Mask Program and the wonderful women who sewed and donated masks for our caregivers and clients.