Information for sanitation and wastewater workers on COVID-19

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated May 28, 2020
  
  Recently, ribonucleic acid (RNA) from the virus that causes COVID-19 has been found in untreated wastewater. While data are limited, there is little evidence of infectious virus in wastewater, and no information to date that anyone has become sick with COVID-19 because of exposure to wastewater.
  
  Standard practices associated with wastewater treatment plant operations should be sufficient to protect wastewater workers from the virus that causes COVID-19. These standard practices can include engineering and administrative controls, hygiene precautions, specific safe work practices, and personal protective equipment (PPE) normally required when handling untreated wastewater. No additional COVID-19–specific protections are recommended for workers involved in wastewater management, including those at wastewater treatment facilities.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Occupational Exposure Refuse Disposal Sanitation SARS-CoV-2 Sewage Waste Management Waste Water Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9eaffd02956e32def9115e873846fd75a0ca91e83efc97d19db017fe783adecc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110787/cdc_110787_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 149.67 KB ]