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.

Their updated guidance includes a new video setting out the key advice, and there is 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

They also have some examples of how businesses have improved ventilation to reduce COVID-19 transmission in the workplace.