The Cornavirus is expected to cause far more than just health problems. Businesses across the nation are being affected and to preserve jobs and keep businesses open local companies are going the extra mile and beyond to prevent the spread of the virus. The West Seattle Junction Association (WSJA) has published the list of how they are dealing with prevention and seeking to keep business alive.

Here is what Junction businesses are doing.

Elliott Bay Brewery

We have added having hand sanitizer out at the handwash stations.

 

Bikram Yoga

Wash your hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds before and after class.

Use a 60% alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available

Cover your mouth with a tissue/inside of your arm if you cough or sneeze. Throw your used tissue away immediately followed by handwashing.

Refrain from touching your face

Use your own mat

Respect your personal space and those of others

Stay at home if you have a cough, cold, or fever

 

Supreme Pizza

Employees that may feel any symptoms of sickness are to stay home.

Although we are very critical about employee cleanliness and overall sanitation, we are emphasizing hand washing and overall sanitation and cleanliness of our environment.

 

Cupcake Royale

Extra disinfecting wipes at the POS. Sick employees stay home. Lysol spraying door handles regularly.

 

Wild Rose’s

We’re sanitizing counter surfaces, pens, phones, and door handles and our hands all day long!

 

Fleurt

We are doing a deep clean and sanitizing all surfaces within the shop prior to opening and closing each day.

Throughout the day (after every transaction) our POS system is cleaned with an anti-bacterial cleaner.

Every time a customer comes through the door, the door handle is wiped down with a disinfectant cleaner.

Our check out area provides anti-bacterial hand wipes for our customers to use at any time.

In the event an employee is not feeling great – we will close the shop or cover that shift with a “well person”.

We spray the inside shop air several times a day with Lysol spray. We are not sure how effective this is but it does give us peace of mind.

Samples of all products have been taken off the floor. These include perfumes, lotions, soaps.

We carry tea tree oil cleaning products (safe/all natural).

Matador

We put the well-being of our guests and team members above all else, and are staying up-to-date with all of the latest recommendations from the CDC, as well as from our local authorities here in King County and Washington State. We’re increasing our already rigorous sanitation practices to go above and beyond keeping our restaurants clean and safe, and have confirmed that our disinfectants comply with CDC recommendations. We’re also encouraging frequent hand washing, and for our team to never hesitate to stay at home if they’re feeling under the weather. 

Mathnasium

Out of an abundance of caution, we have implemented the following changes/protocols, as per guidance from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Washington State Department of Health (DOH).

We have eliminated the pretzels at the center to reduce the number of shared touch-points

We are sanitizing all shared touch-points regularly throughout the center hours

We have placed hand sanitizers across the center and encouraging students and instructors to clean their hands regularly

We are closely monitoring all individuals present in our facility for any flu-like symptoms and sending them home immediately when identified.

 

Dr. Korn

As a healthcare facility, we are taking extra precautions in our office to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our patients:

Any employees that are sick are asked to stay home. Any patients with upcoming appointments who call in reporting they are feeling sick, and are unsure if they should come in, are encouraged to reschedule their appointments. Additional cleaning in our front desk and waiting area have been implemented, including setting up hand sanitizer and using disinfectant spray periodically throughout the day. We are also asking patients swish chlorhexidine, a germicidal mouth rinse, when they are chairside before starting any planned procedures.

Our office uses CaviCide1 cleaning products which are tuberculocidal, bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal. It is a fast acting solution that takes 1 minute to kill bacteria. The products are primarily used in our operatory and sterilization areas, but are now also being used in our front desk and waiting area on surfaces such as our check-in counter top.

 

Escape Room

My employees are sanitizing props and objects customers touch, multiple times per day. We also have a fully stocked hand sanitizer for customers to use before and after gameplay. Sick employees are given off to rest and recover.

We are using sani wipes, hand sanitizer, pine sol, and swiffer for cleaning.

 

Verizon

We have wiped everything down in the store and not allowing anyone with a cold etc. to work. We’re also looking for a big Hand sanitizer to put on the counter.

 

Hope School

Our school (Hope Lutheran) did a thorough cleaning last night and plans on keeping up on that in the coming weeks. We are encouraging our parents and students to continue hand washing and good hygiene. Some parents have kept children home that are well because of concern. Our stance is that we don’t encourage keeping your child home if they are well and want to come to school, however parents know their child and family best and should do what they feel is good for their family. We are watching carefully those students that show signs of being sick at school and are being proactive about communicating information to parents and looking at the symptoms presented.

 

Community Acupuncture

We clean both clinics every day. We regularly clean doorknobs, handles, handrails and other shared commonly used surfaces with disinfectant spray.

We keep a regular laundry schedule and cleaning schedule of our spaces, including the restrooms.

We ask now, as we have regularly, that people with the following symptoms stay home and do NOT come into the clinic until 24 hours after these have passed: fever and/or chills, vomiting and/or diarrhea. If you can’t leave your bedroom or your bathroom, that is a message from your body that you need to stay home and rest – no other medicine could be greater. Once you are 24 hours out from having those symptoms, we invite you to come back.

We will waive late cancellation fees for anyone canceling due to suspected flu or COVID-19 infection.

If you show up at our clinic with a cough related to an upper respiratory infection, we ask you to come wearing a face mask. Only people with coughs need to wear face masks – they are not preventative.

 

Stop n’ Shop

Additional cleaning with Clorox wipes at cash register area, door handles, faucets, bathrooms.

No employees at work with a cold.

 

School of Rock

Implementing more surface cleaning policies and also putting up posters with information on how to avoid the spread of illness.

 

Next to Nature

Every employee is to use hand sanitizer after each transaction.

We regularly spray keyboards, door handles, freezer handles etc… with disinfecting spray.

We will take orders over the phone all day long.

 

8 Limbs Yoga

No employees at work with a cold, additional cleaning and disinfecting.

 

Homestreet Bank

Cleaning wiping down public areas once daily at the end of night and spraying surfaces that public touch. No employees at work with a cold. Complimentary hand sanitizer for everyone at all stations.

Clients can still do their banking through drive-thru- night drop, and ATM services.

 

Mashiko

We already sanitize after every guest to get ready for the next one, dishware, glassware, countertops, the crazy amount we already wash our hands etc.

We have added Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer at the host stand up front for guests.

All employees have never been allowed to work sick. You get immediately sent home anyway. We are a small restaurant and have never been able to risk that for ourselves and especially our guests. VAIN

We always have serious cleaning and sanitizing routines and we up the frequency of use of bleach-based cleaners and our diligence during flu season. We clean and sanitize tools and surfaces after each client. I have re-posted our protocols for all employees and made sure all hand soaps for our staff and clients are anti-microbial.

We have suspended our practice of last-minute cancellation fees to make sure no one is motivated to come to an appointment if they are sick. We also posted this change in policy on Instagram.

 

My Three Little Birds

We are ramping up our online sales and shipping. We are encouraging our staff to stay home if they become ill, or come in contact with anyone who is ill. We are working on deep cleaning the store as well. Carmila’s

We’re offering a gift certificate specials and cleaning!

 

Wax on Spa

We have a safety preparedness plan and keep all our clients are informed.

 

ArtsWest

Our performances will go on as scheduled.

The health and safety of our audiences, performers, and staff is of the utmost importance. As developments around Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to evolve, we are receiving updates from The CDC, the Washington State Department of Health and King County Public Health for recommendations, guidance, and direction. In order to ensure the safety of our audiences, performers, and staff, additional sanitation measures have been implemented throughout the gallery/lobby, bathrooms, and theater before each performance.

King County Public Health is recommending that the following populations avoid large public gatherings:

People 60 and older.

People with underlying health conditions including heart disease, lung disease, or diabetes.

People who have weakened immune systems.

People who are pregnant.

We are happy to reschedule tickets for anyone who is unable to attend due to illness or in a high-risk category, as defined by King County Public Health. For any information on our health and safety measures or to reschedule your tickets, please email the box office at boxoffice@artswest.org OR call 206.938.0339, Thursdays thru Saturdays from 2-7:30PM.