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Tracking of children with families

P Clothes, mops and other supplies used to be sterilized regularly P Cleaning to be done with gloves and hands washed after removing gloves P Clothes to be sterilized immediately P Chlorine bleach to be used

- Every individual has to have 3 sets of masks and must maintain hygiene for the masks. - Everyone will leave their footwear at the entrance of the office. One pair of shoes for each staff to be kept to use within the office. - Temperature checks of all staff to be done every day in the office with recording of these details. - Outside lunch not to be brought but lunch prepared in the office where the team can support in food preparation on a rotational basis. Staff using kitchen space should maintain hygiene in terms of wearing gloves, masks etc. - Large meetings or allowing outsiders into the office would be restricted. Those who want to come to the office for a meeting can do the same in a well-ventilated designated place inside the office with all hygiene facilities available in the room. - Every office will have a quarantine room in case a member of the home staff who neither can afford to self-quarantine at homes nor find a space in our homes to quarantine. These members would be placed in a quarantine room in the office till they find suitable accommodation. - Cleanliness and sanitization of the common areas of the office to be ensured. - Digitization of data can be maintained through server based digitization software, keeping in mind the safety and confidentiality of data storage.

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Staff working for homeless communities

- Field staff need to continue visiting the field (staff working with homeless families) ensuring the maintenance of social distancing norms. - Front line health workers to be given PPE from the office.

Support from doctor/ health workers for periodic check-up

- Identifying doctors closely associated with the Rainbow Homes Program to be on call. - Technical health workers and nurses to be asked to visit the homes on a fortnightly or monthly basis for general check ups of children and residential staff. - Alternatively, health workers in nearby CHC/PHC to be given a letter about functioning of home in the centres so that we get support from them for regular check-ups or testing, wherever required.

trACKing of ChiLdrEn with fAMiLiES

- Initiate a system of tracking of children with families to know whether children are falling sick or not. - Also, the families are to be instructed to call the state team if and when any family members fall sick so that check-up of the families along with the children can be done.