This report from Theme 2 researchers on the PROTECT NCS, describes the development and use of a mathematical Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of respiratory droplet dispersion. The aim of the study was to help provide a better understanding of the physics of...
This report from theme 2 researchers of the PROTECT NCS, details experimental studies designed to investigate the performance of a new facemask design with impactor plate capabilities for segregating aerosols and droplets by size. This includes collecting and...
This report is an extension of the work of PROTECT Phase 2 and covers the work done under phase 3 of PROTECT, in which researchers from theme 2 of the PROTECT NCS, developed simplified models and introduced two different viral mechanisms anddose-response models. In...
The aim of this study, from theme 3 researchers of the PROTECT NCS, together with the accompanying Case Study 2, was to assess how the ‘Living with COVID’ change in policy and guidance affected transmission risk, response and resilience in workplace settings in...
The aim of this study from theme 3 researchers of the PROTECT NCS, was to understand what influences the wearing of face coverings. This paper seeks to answer 3 key research questions: what is the prevalence of face covering use in work, public transport and indoor...
This cross-sector research follows on from work carried out between October 2020 to March 2022 by PROTECT theme 3 researchers into eight sectors. Circumstances for all of these sectors, and their workers, have evolved as the pandemic has changed. Between August and...
This study forms part of the wider PROTECT National Core Study on COVID-19 transmission, and sought to explore COVID-19 transmission within the nuclear energy company, EDF. The focus of the study, led by theme 3 researchers of the PROTECT NCS, was to explore worker’s...
The Greater Manchester Case Study investigated how changes in policy and advice, as set out in the government report ‘Living with COVID’, affected COVID-19 transmission risk, response and resilience in workplace settings. This study, study 2, used qualitative...
When it comes to controlling workplace transmission of SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, different workplace sectors face different challenges, both in terms of likely transmission routes and which control measures can be practically and effectively...
Researchers on Theme 1 of the PROTECT NCS, were tasked with conducting a systematic literature review of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in occupational settings to advance the knowledge of risk factors as well as interventions most relevant to the prevention and control of the...
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