2022 Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri COVID-19 Protocol

Council Co-Lead Programs at Program Partner Sites Protocol

Personal Contact Hugs, handshakes, “high-fives,” and even activities like the friendship circle or squeeze can transmit COVID-19 from person to person. Refrain from these gestures for the time being. Create a safe way for girls and volunteers to greet and end meetings instead. Cleaning and Hygiene Each program site will be cleaned and disinfected, following CDC guidelines, before, during, and after the program. Frequently touched supplies will be disinfected as needed. • Program participants (including facilitators) must perform hand hygiene using soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol. At a minimum, hand hygiene should be performed at the following times: ǔ Beginning and end of program ǔ Before and after skill practice sessions (when wearing gloves, hand hygiene should be done before putting on gloves and after removing them) • Use provided disinfectant wipes to disinfect high-touch surfaces such as doorknobs, switches, handles, tables, and other surfaces • Participants should always cough or sneeze into a tissue, and avoid touching their eyes, nose, mouth, and the outside of their mask Disinfection of Common Areas: • Good practice: As with other frequently touched surfaces, toilets, showers and restrooms are cleaned and disinfected daily • Better practice: High touch surfaces including toilets, showers and restrooms are cleaned and disinfected more than once per day • Best practice: High touch surfaces including toilets, showers and restrooms are cleaned and disinfected between users COVID-19 Risk Migration Follow the resources developed by credible public health sources such as the CDC or your local public health department for COVID-19 risk mitigation practices, including: • Program participants should make sure temperatures are taken prior to the program to confirm the individual is not running a fever and their temperature is normal (approximately 98.6° F). Participants with a temperature 100.4° F or greater cannot attend the in-person program and can reschedule when their temperature is normal • Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri requires that masks be worn by individuals age 2 and older when indoors at all Girl Scout properties, including our camps and service center, unless the individual is fully vaccinated (two weeks past the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks past the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine). Masks are not typically required when outdoors at Girl Scout properties, though social distancing is still highly encouraged. (Please note, all campers must provide their own mask and carry it with them at all times when attending resident and day camps, as there may be times during which campers and staff will be required to mask, regardless of location or vaccination status, for the safety of the entire camp community, such as at check-in or in case of an emergency.) Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own masks. Disposable masks will be on hand for those who need them.

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