Tuesday, August 3, 2021

HSE eBulletin: Good ventilation will help reduce COVID-19 transmission at work

Updated guidance on reducing transmission of coronavirus in the workplace

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HSE eBulletin

Having good ventilation will help reduce COVID-19 transmission at work

HSE's updated guidance will help you identify poor ventilation in work areas and take practical steps to improve it. This can help reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in your workplace.

Our updated guidance includes information on:

  • identifying poorly ventilated areas and using CO2 monitors
  • improving natural ventilation
  • how to improve mechanical ventilation
  • air cleaning and filtration units
  • ventilation in work vehicles

We also have a new video setting out the key advice. Watch the video by clicking on the image below.

 

ventilation video

Controls to use after some restrictions are removed

From 19 July some coronavirus restrictions have been removed in England.

You must still control the risks and review and update your risk assessment. The following workplace controls remain unchanged:

There are different approaches and timescales for removing restrictions (and how that is affected by variants) in Scotland and Wales.

You can get all the latest news and updates from HSE across a range of industries and topics.

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