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HOTEL PROTOCOL– POST COVID -19

COVID-19 CONTAGION RISK REDUCTION PROTOCOL IN SPANISH HOTELS
                          May 2020

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HOTEL PROTOCOL- POST COVID -19 - COVID-19 CONTAGION RISK REDUCTION PROTOCOL IN SPANISH HOTELS May 2020 - Christie & Co
The Secretary of State for Tourism, together with the ICTE (Instituto para la Calidad Turística Española - Spanish
Institute for Tourism Quality) and the Spanish Regions, has developed a health and safety protocol in order to
prepare the reopening of the hotel sector, minimizing the risk of contagion.
See bellow the guidelines and recommendations applicable to hotels and tourist apartments as containment
measures are gradually relaxed.
                                                                        The current COVID-19 context
                   ➢ Hotels must have ➢ Evaluate the
                     face masks,         vulnerable workers             requires establishing protocols so
                     disposable gloves   attendance                     that the reopening of the facilities
 General             and contact
                     thermometer
                                       ➢ Provide up-to-date             does not increase the risk of
 Requirements                            training and clear
                   ➢ Need to organise    indications to                 contagion, as well as establishing
                     workplace design    employees                      the necessary protection measures
                     and improve the
                     flow of people in
                                       ➢ Guests will stay in            for workers in this sector.
                                         the room during
                     order to minimize   the room cleaning
                     transmission        service to ensure
                   ➢ Ensure workplaces      protection
                     are clean, sanitized   measures
                     and highly           ➢ Ensure safety in the
                     ventilated             common use
                   ➢ Promote hand-          facilities for
                     washing by             employees: dining
                     employees              rooms and rest
                   ➢ Employees uniform areas
                     washing at 60º
HOTEL PROTOCOL- POST COVID -19 - COVID-19 CONTAGION RISK REDUCTION PROTOCOL IN SPANISH HOTELS May 2020 - Christie & Co
Security Measures in Hotel Services
The following precautionary measures must be met:
                ➢ Reduce maximum                            ➢ “Contagion risk                               ➢ Apply appropriate
                  allowed capacity                            reduction measures in                           protection measures
                ➢ Keep physical distancing                    restaurants” will apply                       ➢ Use of face masks and
                ➢ Install safety screen                     ➢ Buffet: promote                                 disposable gloves
Front Desk        partitions between
                                             Restaurant       individual packaging and       Room Service   ➢ Sanitize dishes in the
                  employees and              & Bar            safety screen partitions                        dishwasher
                  customers and visual                      ➢ Remove shared use                             ➢ Establish protocol for
                  instructions stickers                       items: oil and vinegar                          waste removal
                ➢ Ensure daily cleaning                       dispenser, sugar bowl
                  and sanitizing                              and decorative items
                ➢ Card payment is                           ➢ Lines in corridors to
                  recommended                                 avoid crowds are
                ➢ Avoid valet parking                         suggested

                ➢ Reduce use of textile                     ➢ Reduce maximum allowed                        ➢ Reduce maximum
                  and decorative                              capacity                                        allowed capacity
                  elements                                  ➢ Ensure common areas are                       ➢ Ensure physical
                ➢ Touchless trash cans                        sanitized and highly                            distancing at all times:
Accommodation     or trash cans with lid     Common areas     ventilated                     Events and       arrival, breaks,
                  and food pedal                            ➢ Use of disposable items        Recreational     lunch/dinner,
                ➢ Cleaning and                              ➢ Strict measures for gyms, It                    finalization
                                                                                             Activities
                  disinfection of all                         is recommended to keep                        ➢ Events to be held
                  elements (dryer,                            gyms closed if these                            outdoors whenever it is
                  hangers, blankets)                          measures cannot be met                          possible
                ➢ Avoid ironing service                     ➢ Swimming pool & Spa:
                                                              “Contagion risk reduction
                                                              measures in spas” will apply
Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
Hotels must review and adjust their cleaning and disinfection plan taking into consideration the identified
risks assessment. The plan must consider at least:

                 ➢ Increase cleaning                                  ➢ APPCC criteria updated
                   frequency with                                       according to COVID-19
                   disinfecting products,                               will apply
                   especially in areas with           Kitchen         ➢ “Contagion risk
 General
                   high contact                                         reduction measures by
 Requirements    ➢ Keep indoor spaces                 Cleaning          SARS-COV-2 in food
                   highly ventilated                                    services” will apply
                 ➢ Cleaning and
                   disinfection of cleaning
                   trolleys after each shift
                 ➢ Keep a daily cleaning
                   record

                  ➢ Thorough cleaning of                               ➢ Isolate “dirty” textile
                    surfaces                                           ➢ Avoid shaking them
                  ➢ Avoid cross                                        ➢ Hand washing after
  Room              contamination of textiles          Textile           manipulation
  cleaning        ➢ Avoid minibar in the room          cleaning        ➢ Wash textiles at 60º
                    if cleaning between
                    guests is not guaranteed
                  ➢ Service to be completed
                    without the presence of
                    guests
Maintenance Requirements
A specific protocol must be in place for maintenance personnel to enter the rooms while the client is in the room
only when strictly necessary.

                  ➢ Maintenance              The correct placement of the PPE is essential to avoid possible routes of entry of the
                    employees must           biological agent; equally important is the removal of the same to avoid contact with
                    protect themselves       contaminated areas and / or dispersion of the infectious agent.
 Maintenance        with personal            PPE must be disposed of safely, in closed bags to be disposed of in the waste container
 Requirements       protective equipment     (not the recycling container).
                    (PPE)
                  ➢ If maintenance works                           Complete document by the ICTE
                    affects the rooms,
                    physical contact with                          and in collaboration with CEHAT
                    guests should be
                    avoided
                                                                      can be downloaded here
                  ➢ After maintenance
                    work is completed,
                    employees will
                    dispose the PPE
                    according to the
                    contingency plan
                  ➢ Particular attention
                    should be paid to
                    cleaning filters and
                    other air conditioning
                    systems components
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