With swine flu significantly impacting at us at our Epping Plaza location in Victoria – McDonalds around the corner from us was closed for most of the day – I thought I’d share the simple steps we are taking for peace of mind of our team and of our customers:
- Regular use of an alcohol based and cleaner by staff.
- Hourly wiping of the counter from the customer side.
- Regular cleaning of other surfaces touched by customers.
- Keeping tissues within easy reach at the counter.
We are not alarmed, just cautious and keen to show our customers this. The Victorian Government Health website has more information.
This is the same centre which pulls some customers from communities impacted by the bushfires earlier this year.
Regular staff use of that antiseptic gel hand cleaner that does not need to be wiped off is also great, we cut influenza staff downtime by 50% last year on this implementation alone. Available from any chemist.
I don’t beleive your actually falling for the swine flu crap…
John, We are acting on advice from the Satte Government following confirmation of diagnosis of people who work in the shopping centre, in one case a few metres from our shop. We have an OH&S responsibility.