Due to the coronavirus pandemic, face-to-face training for medium starts 5 days a week at all levels as of September 6, 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been affecting the whole world for almost 2 years, students who have to continue their education from their residences are counting the days for the opening of schools.
Experts underline the need to follow mask, distance and hygiene rules due to the ongoing epidemic. The health of students and teachers needs to be guaranteed with strict measures to be implemented in schools.
Okay, what are the precautions to be taken in schools? What precautions should be taken in terms of hygiene in the areas where students and teachers use it collectively? Marketing and Business Development Manager Hakan Mete said:
1. School entrance and corridors
First of all, school entrance and corridors should be disinfected meticulously. Temperature measurements should be made at the school entrance of all students and teachers, and there should be hand disinfection stands at regular intervals in every part of the school. The floor and walls, in short, everything that children can touch needs to be routinely disinfected with professional equipment during the day.
2. Disinfection of the air
In all areas of the school, the filters of the cooling and heating tools in the environment must be clean and disinfected. In addition, due to pandemic conditions, routine disinfection of the ambient air should be done.
3. Commonly used equipment
Desks, tables and every contacted equipment in the classrooms must be disinfected systematically and the environment must be ventilated during breaks. Common use items such as chalk, pencils, wood erasers, sports equipment, balls played by children, basketball hoops, goal posts, etc. should be routinely and systematically cleaned with disinfectants.
4. Hygiene of toilets
Toilets used by students and teachers are among the most risky areas. Interiors of toilets, toilet bowls and lids, siphon handles, hand-touched door handles, fountains and soap dispensers; disinfection of floors, sinks, garbage cans and ventilation filters in the environment should be done carefully.
5. Dining hall and teacher’s rooms
All common use tools such as floors and walls of dining areas, tables, chairs, servant crews, tea, coffee, water dispensers and garbage cans should be cleaned and disinfected regularly. . Again, the ventilation and air conditioning filters in these areas need to be cleaned and disinfected well.
In addition, all vehicles such as sitting sets, floors, walls, tea, coffee, and dispensers in the teacher’s rooms should be cleaned and disinfected.
