Facility Preparation
This section includes advice on preparation of Club training, rehabilitation and meeting areas (the team facility) for use under PST restrictions.
An infected individual may contaminate any surface, either by direct contact or via droplet spread. Risk can be minimised by adopting the measures below.
This document is aligned to the WHO guidelines, which recommends that the facility be cleaned each day after use. Clubs may not be in a position have such cleaning performed daily, meaning Club facilities would remain unavailable until cleaning can be completed.
Early return to training and training facilities will be subject to significant restrictions while PST measures are in place. Administrators will need to budget for significant cleaning programmes, hygiene measures, contact tracing requirements, and a requirement at initial stages to manage small group training.(1,2,11)
Prior to return of players, coaching and support staff, administrators will need to liaise with the COVID-19 manager to ensure:
- any measures implemented are in line with the WHO or relevant public authority policies;
- That the facility should be ‘thoroughly cleaned’ in accordance with the latest guidance by the WHO or relevant public health authority.(11)
- That the facility has been upgraded to comply with hygiene standards including; separate exit and entry areas with hand washing/sanitising stations, hand sanitisers dispersed throughout the facility, appropriate stock of appropriate PPE equipment is present and appropriate public health information signage is displayed.
- An appropriate system for recording of all individual data who enter and leave the facility is in place. This data will facilitate contact tracing and should include;
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- a. Date b. Venue c. Name d. Telephone number e. Email Address of participants
- Permission to retain all data for 1 month according to local data protection guidelines.
- There is a dedicated isolation area for management of an individual who becomes unwell at the facility.