Safe Covid Cleaning Guide for Collections Webinar
DATE:03RD OCT 2020ICS collaborated with Sydney Living Museums and Museums and Galleries NSW to present a webinar designed for owners and custodians of precious heritage items that are exposed to cleaning in accordance with CovidSafe requirements.
Topics covered
- Structure and mechanisms of the Covid 19 virus
- How to kill the virus
- How long it persists on different surfaces
- How Sydney Living Museums undertakes daily cleaning in their historic house museums
- How to protect collections in the event of a deep clean
- Useful references
Some of the key learnings
- Soap is more effective than sanitiser
- The safest way to deep clean a heritage environment is to simply close the affected area for 7 days.
View the Webinar
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