Keys to Safer Business Contact Options

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Offered by Jerry Waletzko, Crary Real Estate, 701-746 -4663 jerry@grandforkshomes.net. 

Below is an al a cart master list of voluntary opt-in safer disease control behaviors for a Business Representative and a Customer to willfully consider, comfortably offer to each other, and hopefully come to an accord in a Safer Business Contact during the time of this coronavirus pandemic. 

Either, a Business Representative, or a Customer who is a Party to a possible Safer Business Contact can initiate and share what they are willing to do for a Safer Business Contact: They can use the checklist below by marking the statements they choose to offer and not answering the options they won’t offer. That information is then offered to the other Party for consideration and any differences are hopefully resolved and/or accepted if both parties wish to proceed with the Contact. 

A Business Representative may initially post the offered Safer Business Contact Options on their website.

If a Party to a potential Business Contact does not want to mark up the checklist, they can simply use it as a master guide to restate or modify, in their own words, the safety measures they are willing to take. 

By no means is it a complete list or a guarantee of safety in a business contact. Anyone using these Safer Business Contact Options is operating in good faith to the best of their abilities and no one is held liable if they become sick.

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In using the Safer Business Contact Options proceed thru the entire checklist first:

I am ____________________ , the Business Representative of ________________________ offering my (our) services at __________________­­­­­­­______ . I (We) am willing to offer the following options I have checked, or modified in my own words, for a Safer Business Contact. (See left checkboxes B.)

As the Business Representative during a proposed Safer Business Contact I am speaking with one voice when I address the checked boxes in the Options below for all referred collectively as I/We/Me/My/Our (circle the spheres of association that apply);    only Me, the Business Representative,   all employees and owners at the business,   everybody in my household,   others.    (For example, circling the option of “all employees and owners at the Business” means the temperatures of everybody in the business during the Business Contact will be taken as stated below.

I am _______________­­­­­­­­­­­­______ , a prospective Customer of _______________________ considering the services at ______________________ . I/We am willing to offer the following options I have checked, or modified in my own words, for a Safer Business Contact. (See right checkboxes C.)

As the Customer during a proposed Safer Business Contact I am speaking with one voice when I address the checked boxes in the Options for all referred collectively as I/We/Me/My/Our (circle the spheres of association that apply);     only me the Customer,   only me and the people from my family involved in the Safer Business Contact,  everyone in my household, others.    (For example, circling the option of “everyone in my household” means the temperatures of everybody in the household will be taken as stated below.) 

See the Safer Business Contact Understanding for more information on the website at __?_________________.                                                                                                                                                           The coronavirus related Safer Business Contact Health Survey can be found at www.grandforkshomes.net/health-survey .                                                                           Another copy of the Safer Business Contact Options can be found at www.grandforkshomes.net/safer-business. 

If anyone has questions or concerns please contact me, the individual who initiated this Contact, at (phone #) ___________________________ to work through to a Safer Business Contact.

Pre-Safer Business Contact (consideration of all Options): 

Date: __________ 

B  C 

1. ☐   The stated Business Representative is one out of ____ employees and owners working in the Business premise and I have ____ adults and ____ children in my household. 

2.  ☐ The Customer is one of _____ adults and ____ children in my household. 

3. ☐ ☐ mutually understand the Customer has the wherewithal to possibly buy the services of the Business Representative.

4. ☐ ☐The Business Representative has done all they can to offer services on-line, and the Customer has done all they can to possibly ‘virtually’ review the service or products before visiting in person.

5. ☐ ☐ understands and accepts the potential dangers associated with contacts even a Safer Business Contact like this. 

6. ☐ ☐ has tried to abide by all legally mandated coronavirus related safety measures. 

1. ☐ ☐ agrees to take a coronavirus related Health Survey the day before a Safer Business Contact (see www.grandforkshomes.net/health-survey for the Safer Business Contact Health Survey). Any such Health Surveys completed will be shared with the other Party to this Business Contact.  If any adverse responses are noted this Business Contact may be cancelled if either Party is uncomfortable. 

2. ☐ ☐ has not traveled out of town or come to town in last 14 days. (If you have traveled, or come from out of town to conduct this Safer Business Contact please explain in your Activity History as noted in the next statement.) 

3. ☐ ☐ agrees to provide general social and work Activity Histories, including any travel out of town, for last two weeks the day before this Business Contact. (If this box is checked, please explain the Activity on a separate sheet. This will be shared with the other Party along with any completed Safer Business Contact Options or remake, and any agreed coronavirus related Safer Business Contact Health Surveys.) 

4. ☐ ☐ Before the Safer Business Contact occurs here are the general descriptions/characteristics of three (circle either of the following if proceeding with this statement) named, or initialed, people that would give me a reference:   

a)  

b) 

c)  

5. ☐ ☐ has not been tested for coronavirus or for covid-19 antibodies. 

6. ☐ ☐ has not been contacted by the Grand Forks County Health Department and/or the ND Health Department, any other public health Department, or their emissaries for contact tracing or any other questions related to coronavirus.   

7. ☐ ☐ has not been in contact with anyone who has covid-19 in the last two weeks that I know of.  

8. ☐ ☐ has not heard; rumors, or suspect, nor have I come in contact with someone who might have covid-19. 

9. ☐ ☐ is not aware of any testing being done, or been done, at any of my work places or in my circle of contacts.  

10. ☐ ☐ has not interacted with anybody else’s pets. If I have pets, they have not interacted with other people or their pets.    

11. ☐ ☐ will be signed up for Care19 or the Google/Apple tracking app by the time of the Safer Business Contact. (Applies to all who have cell phones with browsers in the agreed sphere(s) of association.) 

12. ☐ ☐ will check my temperature to see that it is less than 99 degrees the day before the Safer Business Contact and I will let the other party know the results. If anyone is running a fever in my agreed sphere(s) of association, we will cancel the Business Contact. 

13. ☐ ☐  will check my oxygen level with an oximeter to see that it is in my normal range the day before the Safer Business Contact and I will let the other party know the results. If anyone in my agreed sphere(s) of association has a lower than normal oxygen saturation rate, we will cancel the Business Contact. 

14. ☐ ☐ will be signed up with smelltracker.org and take their smell test the day before a Safer Business Contact or take my own smell test of at least three to five different odorous samples the day before the Contact. If I feel anyone in the agreed sphere(s) of Contact have lost a sense of smell I will inform the other Party and we will cancel the Business Contact.    

15. ☐ ☐ If I become infected or think I may have become infected with covid-19 in the next twenty-one days I will get tested. If I am positive, I promise to share the names of the other Parties to this Safer Business Contact with Grand Forks County Health Department and/or the ND Health Department, or their emissaries for contact tracing.

16. ☐ ☐ has no other health related questions or concerns for the other Party to this potential Safer Business Contact. (If you have questions or concerns please add them here.)

17. ☐ ☐ It is understood by both Parties that any submitted Safer Business Contact Options checklist or it’s modification, plus any Activity Histories, and/or any coronavirus related Safer Business Contact Health Surveys that are agreed to will be shared the day before the Business Contact. The Parties will work to resolve, or simply accept, any differences or concerns. If both Parties are satisfied with the answers the business Contact can proceed. 

Day of Business Contact:

18. ☐ ☐ agrees to review my coronavirus related Safer Business Contact Health Survey again. I will let the other Party know the results. If the survey reveals anything that seems adverse, we will cancel the Business Contact. 

19. ☐ ☐ will check my temperature again to see that it is less than 99 degrees about one hour before the Safer Business Contact. I will let the other Party know the results. If I am running a fever, we will cancel the Business Contact.  

20.  ☐ ☐ will check my oxygen level with an oximeter to see that it is in my normal range about one hour before the Safer Business Contact and I will let the other party know the results. If anyone in my agreed sphere(s) of association has a lower than normal oxygen saturation rate, we will cancel the Business Contact. 

21. ☐ ☐ will do another smell test on smelltracker.org or take my own smell test of at least three to five different odorous samples about one hour before the Safer Business Contact. I will let the other Party know the results. If I feel I have lost a sense of smell, we will cancel the Business Contact. 

22. ☐ ☐ accepts that only the agreed Parties to the business transaction will be at the Safer Business Contact. No children will be present unless it is established from the beginning that they are members of a Party’s household and directly involved in the business transaction. No other people are part of this Safer Business Contact unless it is agreed to by both Parties in which case, they will have to respond with the same effort made by the Parties to this Business Contact. 

23. ☐ ☐ The Business Representative will do the following, at least (insert a time amount) _________  before the Safer Business Contact (circling all that I agree to and that apply:  I will start to exchange the air in the business establishment by shutting off the forced air furnace: Y N Not available  I will shut off the air conditioner. Y N Not available      I will turn on any bath fans in the premise of the business. Y N Not available    To help air out the business premise I will open the windows in (circle all that are yes):  Basement   First floor   Second floor Third floor  Garage   I will use floor or table fans near windows to help move the air out. Y N None available

24. ☐ ☐ Shortly before the Safer Business Contact, the Business Representative (circle all that apply):  Will turn on necessary lights,   will have a touchless entry door or will wipe down the service door to the business,  will open all interior doors, will have a mounted plexiglass shield to separate the Contact between the Parties, will wipe down with disinfectant the high touch points like door knobs, chairs, counter tops, pens, credit card readers, equipment used in the Business Contact, bathroom fixtures, etc. that the Customer might touch. 

25. ☐ ☐ The Customer agrees to not touch anything anymore than necessary during the Safer Business Contact. 

26. ☐ ☐ At the Safer Business Contact I agree I will wear (circle all that apply):   A face covering,  latex gloves,   face shield,   lab goggles,   hair covering, vinyl lab jacket,   rain suit over clothes.

27. ☐ ☐ At the Safer Business Contact I agree to remove shoes and add coverings over socks or feet, or will wear booties or shoe covers. (Circle any that apply.)

28. ☐ ☐  At the Safer Business Contact I will sanitize my hands and/or wear latex gloves. (Circle any that apply.) 

29. ☐ ☐ Both Parties agree to practice safe social distancing during the Safer Business Contact as per CDC guidelines. 

30. ☐ ☐ Parties agree they will do their best to be done with the Safer Business Contact in 15 minutes or less if possible.