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One key lesson we’ve learned over the last few years is the importance of healthy indoor air – not just during COVID, but all the time! Good indoor air quality supports healthy hearts, brains, and lungs. And, it reduces the risk of spreading illness.
We can all help improve indoor air quality. If you own or operate a business, childcare, adult family home, faith-based organization, or other area where people gather inside, there’s lots you can do to keep everyone safe. That’s why we’re rolling out a new training video on healthy indoor air practices. It has helpful tips and tricks for improving indoor air in your facility.
Here’s what you can do if you operate a business or organization
The first step to having cleaner air in your building is to watch a short video, which you’ll find below. This covers the sources of poor indoor air, and how to improve it through a variety of specific steps.
The next steps are the most important: commit to improve indoor air in your spaces, and take action! This helps keep you, your organization, and your community safe and healthy.
Finally, share this video with friends, family, and neighbors so they can also learn how to improve indoor air quality. We all have a role to play!
Slides are available in the following languages: አማርኛ (Amharic), العربية (Arabic), 简体字 (Chinese – Simplified), 繁體字 (Chinese – Traditional), English, Français (French), 한국어 (Korean), فارسی (Persian), Af Soomaali (Somali), Español (Spanish), Kiswahili (Swahili), ትግርኛ (Tigrinya), Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Here’s what you can do as a customer
As you visit different businesses or organizations, ask the staff or operators what they’re doing to improve indoor air. This can look many different ways. Maybe they’re opening windows more. Maybe they’ve added HEPA air cleaner units. Or maybe they’ve upgraded the filters in their HVAC systems.
If they haven’t taken any action, or if they want to learn more about indoor air quality, they can visit: kingcounty.gov/iaq (in-language resources available).
What Public Health is doing
Since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we’ve worked with thousands of businesses in King County to improve indoor air quality. Our Improving indoor air quality website (in-language resources available) has tips for how to improve ventilation and filtration, and more information on other strategies. There, you’ll also find our guidance for specific sectors, such as shared or congregate housing, schools and child care settings, restaurants, and faith-based organizations.
Originally published 6/20/24