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How to keep your employees safe during the Delta variant of COVID-19

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If you’re no longer capable of going to a work-from-home model, it’s your responsibility as an employer to do what you can to keep your in-office employees as safe as possible while they’re conducting their work, so they can continue to do their work. With the landing of Delta, a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant, much of the world seems to be interested in keeping things operational. We learned a lot about coronavirus over the last year and a half, so we are better equipped to handle things without massive shutdowns, but that doesn’t mean you should be lax in your approach to keeping your employees safe. Here are some top tips to help you keep up with the Delta surge and keep your employees safe and functional.

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Tips for cleaning your cell phone

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Our phones are one of the dirtiest items we come in contact with day to day, and one of the least often cleaned items we own. We scowl at door handles and restaurant menus, but we bring our phones with us to the bathroom, tote them around with us everywhere else we go, and are constantly playing with them. The truth is that cell phones have more germs than a toilet seat! One study found over 25,000 bacteria per square inch on a cell phone. With COVID-19 on the rise, it’s going to be important to start cleaning these devices. But how do you clean them without damaging them?

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Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Sanitizing – What’s the Difference?

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It’s easy to get hung up on the nuances of language. When you say you’re going to clean, do you mean you’re going to sweep the crumbs into the trash can? Do you mean you’re going to scrub the counter with bleach? All too often, we use these terms to generally mean the same thing. Read on to find out the differences between cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing, and when we should be doing each.

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