Companies worldwide have relied on technology to keep their businesses running smoothly while employees have worked remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHR Group, Inc., (WHR) a global leader in the employee relocation industry, is using hospital-grade technology to help keep its office employees safe and healthy when staff returns to the office.
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WHR has contracted with Miami based Intelligent Observation for its unique solution. The tested service, called IntelObserve, is currently in use at medical facilities including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., and Hospital Centers of America, one of the largest owners of hospital chains/medical care facilities in the U.S. When WHR employees return to the office, they will be issued a clip-on badge that provides the following functionality:
- Real-Time Social Distancing Alert: If an employee is less than 6 feet from a co-worker, the badge will beep to remind the employee to adjust their proximity.
- Real-Time Hand Hygiene Alert and Hand Sanitizing Stations: Hand sanitizing stations at strategic areas throughout the office including cafeterias, conference rooms and entry/exit doors. The employee’s badge will beep as a reminder to hand sanitize before entering and exiting designated areas.
- Real-Time Tracking/Tracing: In the unfortunate circumstance that an employee contracts COVID-19, WHR can review and retrace the infected individual’s office movement for the prior 14 days to determine which other employees the infected employee may have been in contact with.
“Our employees have been working from home during Wisconsin’s Safer at Home order. When we determine it’s OK to return to the office, we want our employees to feel safe and we want to help keep them healthy,” said WHR President, Paul DeBoer. WHR’s leadership believes this solution will help accomplish just that.
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