How to Protect Your Cannabis Business From The Corona Virus

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Proactive measures for all cannabis business types:

• Make sure that staff are not ill and are fit to work!
• Facility wide strict adherence to CDC guidelines about the importance of proper handwashing techniques and best practices in virus prevention
• Post indoor and outdoor signage notifying employees, patients and customers of CDC, local guidelines and requirements to prevent spread
• Allow non-essential employees to work from home
• Seek electronic or contactless payments options. Wear gloves during cash handling activities and wash hands after handling money

Considerations for Dispensing:

• Encourage and promote online ordering, home delivery and drive-through purchases, where available
• Use chalk lines or barriers to ensure customers do not come within six feet of one another.
• Consider reducing the number of budtenders per shift
• Have customers wait in their cars while “in line” and communicate with them via text
• Staff should wear gloves and masks and periodically disinfect surfaces customers are required to touch (counters, doors, tablets)
• Eliminate the use of smell jars and promote pre-packaged products versus deli-style service, where possible

Considerations for delivery:

• Accept online electronic payments in place of handling cash
• Do not bring deliveries into the home
• Include a field for “contactless delivery” option or “delivery instructions” for customer input during their online ordering process
• Delivery personnel must follow CDC guidelines for proper handwashing techniques especially before and after loading and unloading
• Monitor the cleanliness and sanitation of all delivery vehicles

Proactive cleaning and disinfection procedures for a Cannabis Cultivation:

• Prepare cultivation room and apply of Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2) disinfectant using methods, instructions, and contact times as instructed on the product label
• Further penetrate and disinfect all areas and surfaces using Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2) gas
• Upon returning, make sure area is safe, and don appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) where needed
• Increase air circulation through facility HEPA filtration system, where feasible

Proactive cleaning and disinfection procedures for a Cannabis Processor:

• Ensure laboratory workers are trained appropriately in food hygiene and reinforce hygienic practices
• Maintain a trained housekeeping team and periodic cleaning and sanitation schedules for all areas of the laboratory
• Clean, sanitize, and disinfect weigh scales, pipettes, measuring cylinders, flasks and other glassware immediately after use
• Use EPA approved, hospital-grade disinfectant products for cleaning and sanitation

For safe, fast, and effective disinfectant for your cannabis facility, we recommend Prokure V

For use in all types of cannabis facilities, ProKure V is an EPA-registered, hospital-grade Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2) disinfectant that is effective in the prevention, control, and removal of harmful surface pathogens and bacteria.  EPA Registration No. 87508-3-89334

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Additional Resources:

World Health Organization

OSHA Coronavirus Website

EPA Coronavirus Website

The Presidents Coronavirus Guideline

National Institutes of Health Website

US Department of Health & Human Services Coronavirus Website

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