FOD Cleaning

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For FOD-maintained buildings, custodians will clean restrooms at least once a day. 

• Individual Offices - FOD will vacuum, sweep, dust and spot-clean monthly. Once a year, FOD will shampoo carpets or strip and refinish floors. Individuals are responsible for cleaning and disinfecting their own workstations. For employees who occupy single offices, we ask you to please empty your own deskside trash and recycling bins into centrally located containers. This will limit foot traffic in and out of your office. See the private office cleaning schedule.
• Research Labs – Lab benches and sinks are the responsibility of the lab employees. It is recommended that individuals clean and disinfect shared workspaces. FOD will empty trash and recycling, and vacuum, sweep or mop floors daily. FOD will clean white boards and chalk boards daily and restock chalk supplies. Custodians will dust flat surfaces and furniture twice per month. Once a year, FOD will shampoo carpets or strip and refinish floors.
• Kitchen and Break Areas - Building occupants utilizing break rooms or kitchens should be conscientious of others and clean up after each use.
• Conference Rooms - Users are responsible for wiping down conference room high touch surfaces after each use. FOD will empty trash and recycling daily. Vacuuming, sweeping or mopping floors occurs twice, per week. Once a year, FOD will shampoo carpets or strip and refinish floors.
• Classroom – Classrooms will be cleaned and disinfected once per day. FOD will empty trash and recycling, sweep, dust, mop or vacuum floors daily. Custodians will clean white boards and chalk boards daily and restock chalk supplies. Once a year, FOD will shampoo carpets or strip and refinish floors.

For additional information, please contact your zone leader.

Cleaning supplies for individual use are the responsibility of building occupants or may be provided by your college or unit. In limited circumstances, FOD may provide cleaning supplies, when available. Please contact your zone leader with any questions.

Drinking fountains in FOD-managed buildings will remain operational and FOD will disinfect them at least twice per day.

Please contact your zone leader with any questions.

Ensuring building ventilation systems work properly is one step to reduce the spread of viruses like COVID-19 and maintain a safe and healthy environment.  Ohio State’s HVAC systems are all designed to meet building code requirements. In addition, FOD follows the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) position document on infectious aerosols. FOD is focused on ventilation and filtration. We use MERV 13 filters wherever possible. These filters are recommended for COVID-19 and are effective against particulates generated from coughing and sneezing. FOD meets code-required outside air ventilation.

In addition, FOD evaluated 1,100 classrooms in more than 115 buildings on the Columbus and regional campuses looking at the operation of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. FOD validated and adjusted ventilation in classrooms to meet or exceed CDC recommendations. WATCH: https://youtu.be/eSet3Wsr9bc

FOD is in alignment with commercial guidelines and follows CDC and ASHRAE recommendations. Commercial HVAC systems, like the ones used in most Ohio State buildings, are designed to comply with code and must meet minimum ventilation requirements. Additional testing is not needed. Outside air ventilation requirements are set during the design process and building systems are maintained in alignment with required codes.

These units are only needed in rooms that required additional filtered airflow to ensure they meet or exceed CDC recommendations. They are not needed in rooms that already meet these guidelines.

No. The CDC recommendations exceed what is required by the building code. A room’s HVAC system can be adequate for “normal” conditions but need adjustments, like a HEPA filter unit, for enhanced safety during the pandemic.

HVAC air filters will be changed according to their normal maintenance cycle. FOD routinely changes air filters on a planned schedule.