HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 04 - Global Biorisk Advisory Council AccreditationMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: JUNE 16, 2020
SUBJECT: GLOBAL BIORISK ADVISORY COUNCIL (GBAC) STAR
ACCREDITATION
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider a contract with the Global Biorisk Advisory
Council (International Sanitary Supply Association) to obtain the GBAC
STAR Accreditation designation, and take any necessary action.
FUNDING SOURCE: Funding is available in the CVB incentives fund in the estimated amount of
$26,000.
BACKGROUND: In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Global Biorisk Advisory
Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, unveiled its GBAC STAR facility
accreditation program on cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease
prevention.
GBAC STAR is an outbreak prevention, response and recovery
accreditation. The program establishes requirements to assist facilities
with work practices, protocols, procedures, and systems to control risks
associated with infectious agents, such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus
responsible for COVID-19.
GBAC STAR is the gold standard of safe facilities, providing third -party
validation that ensures facilities implement strict protocols for biorisk
situations.
Ideal for facilities like offices, restaurants, hotels, airports, convention
centers, stadiums, and other public venues of all sizes, the GBAC STAR
program assesses a facility's preparedness and provides staff with training
for biorisk prevention and containment.
The performance-based GBAC STAR program enables facilities to create
and maintain an effective cleaning, disinfection, and infectious disease
prevention program.
To achieve GBAC STAR accreditation, facilities must demonstrate
compliance with the program's 20 elements, which range from standard
operating procedures and risk assessment strategies to personal
protective equipment and emergency preparedness and response
measures.
To our knowledge, facilities and companies in other destinations are also
pursuing the GBAC STAR accreditation, although there is no destination
that has presented All stakeholder hotels and specific tourism related
facilities as GBAC STAR accredited.A third party endorsement from the
global leader in biohazard risks and prevention will continue to set
Grapevine, Texas apart as an industry leader while continuing to promote
and instill consumer confidence and trust, again making Grapevine the
preferred destination in North Texas.