Cleaning and Disinfection

To contact Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) about any facility related questions pertaining to cleaning and disinfection, call 414.288.7043. Any unit that has been approved for a Step 2 return to campus must consult with FP&M to discuss their cleaning plans, request supplies, and review any space modifications necessary to maintain social distancing.

Return to campus disinfection

FP&M has cleaned all areas that were closed as a result of working from home. Routine cleaning is no longer occurring in these areas. All areas currently receiving routine cleaning are listed on the entry to buildings. Departments returning to campus in Step 2 can have their work space inspected by FP&M to assure it has been properly disinfected before staff returns.

Routine disinfection plan

Routine cleaning includes daily cleaning of restrooms, wiping down of surfaces, collection of trash in break rooms, and rotational work such as spot dusting, office trash collection and floor care. Additional cleaning as a result of COVID-19 and informed by CDC best practices includes cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces. These include tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, sinks, etc. FP&M staff will clean and disinfect these surfaces in public areas once a shift while the spaces are occupied, in addition to the routine cleaning that occurs. FP&M will also provide cleaning supplies and instructions to work groups to allow employees to clean and disinfect their personal work spaces as frequently as needed. It should be noted custodians will not be wiping down individual desks, phones, keyboards, etc. This can be addressed in the department-driven disinfection plan.

Department-specific disinfection plans

Departments that are returning to campus must have clear communication with FP&M around what areas they will be using while on campus. In addition to the work location, this could include, but is not limited to, entry and exit points, stairwells/elevators to access space, restroom facilities and break facilities. These areas will be added back into the routine

cleaning schedule. Employees are encouraged to clean their own work spaces multiple times during the shift with special attention on the most used surfaces such as keyboards, monitors, chair armrests, desks, cubicle divider, etc.

COVID-19 deep cleaning and disinfection

The General Disinfection Measures Protocol should be followed regularly whereas the Deep-Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol is triggered when an active employee is identified as positive for COVID-19 by testing. Sites may request to have a deep cleaning performed for presumed cases, at their discretion. Deep cleaning should be performed 24 hours after the confirmation of a postive test, as practical. If a delay is proposed of greater than a shift, the department is to advise the custodian who will then gain consensus from their supervisor and take steps to perform an additional disinfection of potentially impacted common surfaces during the interim period. While the scope of deep cleaning is presumed to be the full department, sites may reduce the footprint to be deep cleaned if there is sufficient rationale to do so, and they gain consensus of the custodial supervisor.