Legal Alert: 6-15-48: These 3 Numbers Offer A Simple Way To Understand Contact Tracing In The Workplace

This legal alert was published on May 26th, 2020 by Travis W. Vance in Charlotte.

 

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of encountering a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 among your employees as you reopen your business is identifying those employees who worked near the infected worker – and thus must also be quarantined. Luckily, there is a simple numerical sequence you can remember that will enable you to follow the CDC contact tracing guidelines for general businesses: 6-15-48. You will need infected employees to identify others who worked within 6 feet of them, for 15 minutes or more, within the 48 hours prior to the sick individual showing symptoms, or later.