When health officials informed the public that community transmission is an indicator of pandemic loss of control, Mergtech Medical developed and implemented policies, procedures to mitigate community spread prior to government enacting regulations. Our vast experience in the medical field allows us to proactively engage in measures that are the most effective and efficient response ideologies to ensure our clients' safety. Mergetech is dedicated to sharing our knowledge with our various corporate partners free of charge as a part of our service. Mergtech Medical understands the provincial and federal COVID-19 requirements and ensures compliance with the changing environment. We do this to ensure our partners' safety and to best ensure the success of industry projects. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns relating to COVID-19. Mergtech Medical works with your safety department to implement a COVID-19 strategy to keep your workers safe and your projects successful.

Many of these projects have environments where mask use can create more significant hazards due to safety glass fogging. The nature of the work also may not allow for social distancing. Often these workgroups are living within camp facilities. These facilities can quickly spread communicable diseases such as the flu, colds, and COVID-19. When workgroups such as these involve several different services functioning together, it creates an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission and subsequent shutdown from provincial health authoritie

At Mergtech Medical, we have already assisted several groups, including drilling operations, frac operations and forestry groups, in navigating COVID-19 health requirements. Through policy, education, and modifications to an organization, Mergtech Medical creates a system that is used to protect the active workers helping to facilitate project completion. We do this by using a double tier bubble system to provide a double layer of protection for everyone. Suppose one or a couple individuals does end up with COVID-19. In that case, we can remove the affected workers from their duties without compromising the entire project.

The currently available COVID-19 screening/testing measures challenge industry with the way the virus presents itself. Persons infected with COVID-19 may present a wide variety of symptoms. This variance and non-presentation of symptoms by asymptomatic people make any individual potentially contagious and risk a project's integrity. We must assume that at any time, an infected individual is present in a work environment. Failure to plan for this inevitability may lead to drastic fiscal ramifications.

The Mergtech Medical infection control team helps industry identify the best work practises through policy, function, and process to reduce liability potential related to COVID-19 significantly. Such preventative planning helps to guarantee project success. We work with your safety department to find the best possible preventative and reactive measures for your organization.

Currently, this service is included as a service provider but has been extended as an industry initiative. Mergtech Medical is committed to improving the quality of healthcare within the industrial sector in Canada. As such, we extend our infection control services as a temporary complimentary service to the entire Canadian industrial sector. This service is subject to availability and may incur travel and accommodation costs as required.