Covid-19
COVID-19 security protocol
In this unusual situation, we have adopted a specific security protocol by rethinking the common areas for the comfort and safety of our customers:
COMMON SPACES
Our B&B has very large common areas, so both for the relaxation area in the pool and for breakfast you will have a dedicated area just for you, separated from the other guests well beyond what you need, as you can see from the photos:
-in the first to the left (the quality is not good but is a photo from the satellite) are marked in orange the relaxation areas at the pool;
-in the second to the right are marked in green the rooms and in the red your personal breakfast area.
Compared to the past for breakfast there will no longer be a buffet in common with other guests, but there will be a menu with all our usual free offer of fresh products served at your table.
SWIMMING POOL
We have been informed that no special water treatments are required for the Covid-19. The virus is very weak, so ordinary disinfection treatments and maintenance of the correct pH value are fine.
Note taken from the website Istituto Superiore Sanità of 16-04-2020 "There is no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread to humans through the use of swimming pools, hot tubs. Proper operation, maintenance and disinfection (for example with chlorine and bromine) of swimming pools and hot tubs ensure the inactivation of the virus that causes COVID-19. Edited by ISS Communication Group COVID-19 (source: CDC)2
Nevertheless, we emptied and washed the pool with bleach and soda (1.5% sodium hypochlorite 1% sodium hydroxide).
All filters have been washed and disinfected, with the same product diluted to 50%.
The sand has been completely replaced.
The daily controlled pH level is maintained in a range between 7.2-7.4.
The daily controlled chlorine level is maintained in values between 1.5 and 2mg/l.
The filtration system operates from a minimum of 3 up to 8-9 hours per day with an average daily turnover of 50% of the total volume of the tank, well beyond what is required by UNI 10637/2016.
Once a month (normally it is only necessary once a year) will be a specialist technician of the company Grandi Impianti srl of Monopoli to analyze the water, issuing a certificate of the values found.
Our pool has a disinfection with SALT ELECTROLYSIS
an effective method of obtaining a clear and clean pool without the use of manual chemicals.
What is the electrolysis?
Salt electrolysis is a method of automatic disinfection of pool water derived from the natural principle of the marine ecosystem. It continuously spreads chlorine, which dissolves in water immediately and which removes bacteria, algae and various microorganisms, making the water clear and pure in an ecological and simple way.
Salt electrolysis processes simply consist of the natural production of salt. They resort to a magnetic field that splits sodium chloride into sodium and chlorine and then gives rise to sodium hypochlorite, an active disinfectant that kills bacteria, fungi and algae that may be found in swimming pool waters.
It is also a naturally repeated process, since, due to the effect of solar energy, chlorine itself turns back into salt to restart the electrolysis cycle from the beginning.
To perform this function it is necessary a special apparatus, called chlorinator. Just add 4 g of salt for each liter of water: the salt will then turn into chlorine that will dissolve the water eliminating unwanted organic matter.
Thanks to the action of the sun’s UV rays, the chlorine molecules will return to form salt and the cycle will begin again.
CLEANING AND SANITIZING
The cleanliness is definitely our flagship, in all reviews we receive the highest marks, but in this particular situation we thought to devote more care disinfecting with an alcoholic solution at each change of guest, in addition to the usual routines, also some very used specific objects such as:
handles and knobs for doors, windows, drawers, switches, etc. ;
The remote controls are lined with a disposable plastic bag.
Each room has a personal kit of sponges and cloths differentiated by color between those used to wash toilets to those for dusting or for floors, all disposable.
Those who clean the rooms will wear protective devices suitable for the personal safety of our guests.
At each change of guest the rooms will be SANITIZED with an OZONIZER 10.000mg/h of the latest generation that in addition to being bactericidal, virucida, fungicide, saturating ozone the environment eliminates any pests such as mites, moths not visible but also any mosquito insects, spiders, ants etc. trying to hide in the cavities.
The rooms treated with ozone must remain closed for 2-3 hours, as after this short period the ozone returns oxygen, leaving a pleasant and real sense of cleanliness in the environment in which you acted.
In addition, the linen, all cotton, is washed at a specialized laundry: La Linderia di Noci
that uses the active oxygen OXYCHEM at each wash, a bleach «GREEN» not dangerous based on Phthalmido Peroxy Hexanoic Acid (PAP) "BIOCIDAL EFFECT"
The linen is washed at 70 p.m.. and dried at 120 p.m.
All washing machines and dryers are disinfected at every step.