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ASSOCIATIONINSIGHT Portable Sanitation Association International News BIWEEKLY EDITION JUNE 24, 2020 Page 13 PSAI Issues New Guidance…continued from page 4 CDC Requirements/PSAI Standard Guidance for Event Planners Ensure that restrooms and other high touch surfaces such as hand wash stations, countertops, and diaper changing tables are cleaned and disinfected regularly with EPA-approved disinfectants against COVID-19. • Make a plan for frequent toilets and hand wash station cleaning. The interior surfaces and door handles of restrooms should be cleaned multiple times a day, preferably between users. Hand wash stations should also be wiped down multiple times a day with EPA-approved disinfectants. • If your event will last multiple days, consider having the toilets pumped at the end of each day. Even if they are not heavily used, attendees experience a pumped toilet as cleaner than one that had been used the day before, and during the pandemic their expectations for "extreme sanitation and cleaning" are high. Of course if the units have been used 200 times or more they need to be pumped regardless. • Your portable sanitation provider will be glad to discuss cleaning and pumping options with you. These may include providing an attendant on site to do the cleaning or providing you with cleaners and procedures to do it yourself. Be sure you abide by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). • Work with your portable sanitation provider to ensure you have the right ratio of ADA equipment required for public events. • Remember: It cannot be more difficult to reach an ADA unit than to reach a standard unit. So you may need extra ADA equipment around the venue so that persons covered under the ADA do not have to travel further to reach this equipment than able-bodied people must travel. • Also be sure that your paths of travel to the ADA equipment are accessible, avoiding curbs, soft terrain, and other things that would make it hard to reach. Conclusion Every day brings new information about preventing the spread of COVID-19. Even when we ultimately develop treatments and vaccines that reduce its impact on health, the measures we have published just make sense. They will not only help control the spread of COVID-19, they will help prevent the spread of other communicable diseases such as cold, flu, hepatitis, e coli, and others that are common where people gather. The PSAI strongly urges you to implement the above recommendations during the current pandemic and to adopt them in the future for the good of everyone. v