Ballard Health Club - Providing A Safe Environment
FRESH AIR SUPPLY
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the most common way of contracting COVID-19 is by inhaling exhaled air or sneeze particles from an infected individual. In indoor facilities, the manner in which air is supplied and recirculated plays a critical role in treating air that may be infected with the virus.
How the air is supplied in the main gym at BHC is unusual. The air is not recirculated through an HVAC (Air Conditioning) system as with most indoor commercial facilities. At BHC, fresh air is forced into the main gym with a very large fan that is directly connected to an air shaft to the outside environment. This air is brought in from the Northwest side of the building where air is cooler during the summer and more moderate during the Winter. With this system, a very high volume of fresh, outside air is continually pushed into the main gym. Several fans then push this new air to all the spaces within the main gym to keep the air fresh and new in this indoor environment. With the constant pressure from the large fan, air is then exhausted out through ceiling vents to the outside.
DISINFECTING EQUIPMENT and SUPPLIES
Cleaning stations with cleaning spray, hand sanitizer and single use cleaning towels are available through-out the gym for members’ use. Members are asked to clean equipment (machine, weights, bars, mats, ect) after each use by spraying cleaning / disinfectant solution into a cleaning towel and wipe all touch points on the equipment. Solution should never be directly sprayed on equipment and machines except for mats. Always spray into the towel and then use the towel to clean equipment. After a machine or equipment has been used, member should repeat the process and include cleaning any sweat on the equipment.
BHC staff are to help guide members in use of the equipment and supplies to assist in the disinfection and cleaning procedures.