Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Personal protective equipment (PPE) including reusable cloth face coverings, refillable
personal hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes were made available to faculty, staff
and students at the beginning of the fall semester. Stations will be available at
the opening of the spring 2021 semester for students to replenish/renew these supplies.
In addition to providing PPE supplies to individuals, public hand-sanitizing stations
are available at the entrance to each building and sanitizer refill stations are located
across campus.
Resupply of PPE
Faculty and staff may contact their supervisor, Department Head or Building Coordinator
to arrange for any needed PPE. They can coordinate with the appropriate person for
ordering PPE supplies or simply submit a work request with Facilities Management.
Cleaning Procedures
Facilities Management has implemented cleaning protocols to meet CDC sanitization
guidelines. In accordance with these guidelines, every room on campus has been inventoried
and classified by type to determine sanitization needs and the methods necessary to
meet these requirements. There are numerous variations of sanitization protocol for
the numerous room types, from classrooms to residence hall bathrooms, from athletic
training rooms to wet lab space, etc.
Housekeeping staff have been augmented with temporary workers so additional staff
can be deployed during the business day to continuously sanitize high-traffic areas.
Second shift housekeeping staff also have additional sanitizing duties each evening.
An outsourced service for rapid response COVID-19 sanitization has been employed to
provide this service in any area deemed necessary in an urgent situation.
The room inventory spreadsheet is available for those who would like more information on the cleaning protocols for the various
spaces on campus.
Classroom Cleaning Protocols
- Housekeeping staff use electrostatic spraying to disinfect classrooms, including e-classrooms,
each evening.
- Housekeeping staff will not be wiping down computers, lecture stations or other equipment.
Users should clean lecture stations, microphones, keyboards and computer mice prior
to and after each use.
- Large canisters of disinfecting wipes are available in some areas, including all classrooms.
Biltmore Park Cleaning Protocol
- Housekeeping staff clean each evening, including sanitizing instructor stations, and
use electrostatic spraying to further disinfect classrooms once a week.
- Housekeeping staff will not wipe down instructor stations, tables, chairs, desks,
or other equipment during the day between classes, so users should clean their work
areas prior to and after each use. There will be alcohol wipes at the instructor stations
to sanitize electronics.
- Hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes are in every classroom and lab for faculty and students
to clean their own workstations.
