Question: How can people who work in workstations be protected in the workplace from COVID-19?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Vehicles
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work
section_content: In this section

2.1 Protecting people who are at higher risk
2.2 People who need to self-isolate
2.3 People who have protected characteristics

Objective: That everyone should work from home, unless they cannot work from
home. It is recognised that the nature of work in this environment will make
it difficult for many workers to work remotely or from home.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Planning for the minimum number of workers needed on the premises and deployed in the field to operate safely and effectively.


Monitoring the well-being of people who are working from home and helping them stay connected to the rest of the workforce, especially if the majority of their colleagues are on-site.


Keeping in touch with off-site workers on their working arrangements including their welfare, mental and physical health and personal security.


Providing equipment for people to work from home safely and effectively, for example, remote access to work systems.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It provided good advice. The answer is relevant to the question.
This does not answer the question. The question is asking for information on how to protect workers in workstations from Covid-19. However, this answer provides information on what steps to be taken to protect workers at workplace when it is impossible to work remotely from home.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Offices and contact centres
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.3 Workplaces and workstations
section_content: Objective: To maintain social distancing between individuals when they are at
their workstations.
For people who work in one place, workstations should allow them to maintain
social distancing wherever possible.
Workstations should be assigned to an individual and not shared. If they need
to be shared they should be shared by the smallest possible number of people.
If it is not possible to keep workstations 2m apart then businesses should
consider whether that activity needs to continue for the business to operate
and if so take all mitigating actions possible to reduce the risk of
transmission.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Review layouts and processes to allow people to work further apart from each other.


Using floor tape or paint to mark areas to help workers keep to a 2m distance.


Only where it is not possible to move workstations further apart, arranging people to work side by side or facing away from each other rather than face-to-face.


Only where it is not possible to move workstations further apart, using screens to separate people from each other.


Managing occupancy levels to enable social distancing.


Avoiding use of hot desks and spaces and, where not possible, for example, call centres or training facilities, cleaning and sanitising workstations between different occupants including shared equipment.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer is relevant. It provides a lot of helpful information.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information on how workstations should be arranged and steps to be taken to maintain social distancing between individuals when they are at their workstations in order to keep themselves safe from Covid-19.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Labs and research facilities
section_headers: 2. Who should go to work?
2.1 Protecting people who are at higher risk
section_content: Objective: To protect clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely
vulnerable individuals.
Clinically extremely vulnerable individuals have been strongly advised not to
work outside the home.
Clinically vulnerable individuals, who are at higher risk of severe illness
(for example, people with some pre existing conditions), have been asked to
take extra care in observing social distancing and should be helped to work
from home, either in their current role or in an alternative role.
If clinically vulnerable (but not extremely clinically vulnerable) individuals
cannot work from home, they should be offered the option of the safest
available on site roles, enabling them to stay 2m away from others. If they
have to spend time within 2m of others, you should carefully assess whether
this involves an acceptable level of risk. As for any workplace risk you must
take into account specific duties to those with protected characteristics,
including, for example, expectant mothers who are, as always, entitled to
suspension on full pay if suitable roles cannot be found. Particular attention
should also be paid to people who live with clinically extremely vulnerable
individuals.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Provide support for workers around mental health and wellbeing. This could include guidance or telephone support.


See current guidance for advice on who is in the clinically extremely vulnerable and clinically vulnerable groups.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The question wasn't about vulnerable people, but the answer is still relevant. It still provides helpful advice for a workplace.
This does not answer the question. It does not contain any information on how to protect workers who are working in workstations from Covid-19. Instead, it provides information on how to protect clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals at work.

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