FAQs about COVID-19

UB custodial staff conduct regular daily cleaning and disinfection of facilities with a focus on high-traffic public areas and frequently touched surfaces. Some units with unique requirements (e.g., housing, dining, labs), have developed their own cleaning protocols.

UB Parking and Transportation Services UB has implemented several guidelines and protocols to ensure a safe experience for our faculty, staff and students. For more information, see COVID-19 Prevention: UB Buses and Shuttles

• Campus Dining and Shops, in keeping with food safety standards, will ensure that all areas in dining services will be sufficiently clean and sanitized. Staff is utilizing a product line of disinfecting cleansers which are certified by the EPA and CDC for the destruction of ARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
• Frequent hand washing and glove use reinforced to all staff.
• Campus Dining and Shops is adhering to all New York State guidelines in limiting dining room seating and in some locations only offering to-go services.
• Sneeze guards are in use at all locations.
• Hand sanitizer stations will be available at all dining location entrances.
• Managers on the floor at all times, helping to reinforce these practices with both staff and students.

For more information, see Campus Dining and Shop's COVID-19 Health and Safety Updates.

• Janitorial staff cleans commonly touched areas with CDC-recommended disinfectant including (but not limited to):
  • Door handles
  • Facets
  • Knobs
  • Copy machines
  • Stair rails
  • Elevator buttons
  • Restroom toilets, sinks and other fixtures
  • Light switches
  • Push plates
  • Water fountains
  • Table tops
  • Open wall spaces in halls