ESAC is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all our workers. To ensure that, we have developed the following Preparedness Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Managers and workers are all responsible for implementing this plan. Our goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 in our workplaces, and that requires full cooperation among workers and management. Only through this cooperative effort can we establish and maintain the safety and health of our workers and workplaces.

COVID-19 Preparedness Plan



1. Infection prevention measures;

  • The ESAC Gallery will remain closed

  • The ESAC office will remain closed to outside visitors. Office staff will be the only people allowed in.

  • Disinfectants will be used to wipe off common areas several times a day.

  • ESAC will follow State guidelines for COVID-19 and will change and adjust accordingly if they are modified.

2. Prompt identification and isolation of sick persons;

  • Any office staff person who feels sick will stay home.

  • If an office staff person has a fever, they will stay home.

3. Engineering and administrative controls for social distancing;

  • ESAC staff will maintain a six foot distance from each other for all meetings and discussions.

  • ESAC staff will mark off six-foot indications from desks.

4. Housekeeping, including cleaning, disinfecting and decontamination;

  • ESAC will provide disinfectant spray with 99.9% virus and bacteria effectiveness and paper towels plus soap for washing hands.

  • Hand sanitizer will be in the front area at all times.

  • Common areas will have disinfectant bottles for use.

  • Each workspace will be disinfected daily by the person who uses it. Computers will be used only by the person whose space it is.

5. Communications and training for managers and workers necessary to implement the plan;

  • ESAC staff will discuss this plan at each weekly staff meeting to update, fine tune, and assign tasks.

6. Provision of management and supervision necessary to ensure effective ongoing implementation of the plan;

  • ESAC Executive Director will oversee effective ongoing implementation of this plan and and discuss weekly with staff.