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9 COVID-19 GUIDELINES FOR PORTABLE SANITATION © Copyright 2020 by the PSAI. All rights reserved. CDC REQUIREMENTS/PSAI STANDARD GUIDANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL JOB SITES Portable toilets should be cleaned and disinfected periodically through the shift, as well as at the beginning and end of every shift. • Toilets should be pumped no less than twice per week. 14 • Talk with your portable sanitation provider about the need for frequent disinfection of the toilets and the products that are effective against COVID-19 according to CDC and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), taking into account whether they are safe in proximity to food products if your operation handles food. 15 Be sure to document in the service agreement or some other formal manner: (1) how often your portable sanitation provider will be on your site to provide service, (2) what cleaning products they will use, (3) whether they will leave products with you so that ongoing cleaning can occur between their visits to your site between services, and (4) how the cleaning will be documented. Do not move portable toilets on your agriculture site unless they have been pumped first. While it is unclear whether COVID-19 can be spread via fecal matter, it is known that the virus resides in waste, as do a host of other bacteria that could contaminate the food supply. Moving a portable unit with waste in it dramatically increases the chances of a spill and should be avoided whenever possible. Work with your portable sanitation provider to ensure you have enough units placed strategically over your work area so that they do not have to be moved between pumping services. If proper hand wash stations cannot be obtained, employers are advised to "Provide a large (5+ gallon) bucket with a lid and tap that can be used to provide water for handwashing." If this method is used, the water tap should be regularly cleaned and disinfected, and the contaminated wastewater must be collected and treated in accordance with local laws and environmental regulations. Provide fresh clean water daily. The CDC actually provides this guidance because so many job sites are having trouble getting enough hand wash facilities. How can your portable sanitation provider help? Even though your provider may be short of proper hand wash stations, ask about other options they can provide that are at least as good as the "large bucket" option CDC allows. Remember, they do this for a living and will be glad to help you problem-solve until the production of hand wash units catches up with demand.