Question: I work in a lab. How can shifts be organised to ensure that each worker has contact with the fewest other people possible?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Factories, plants and warehouses
section_headers: 7. Workforce management
7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
section_content: In this section

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
7.2 Work-related travel
7.3 Communications and training

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
Objective: To change the way work is organised to create distinct groups and
reduce the number of contacts each worker has.
Steps that will usually be needed:


As far as possible, where people are split into teams or shift groups, fixing these teams or shift groups so that, where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.


Identifying areas where people have to directly pass things to each other, for example, job information, spare parts, samples, raw materials, and find ways to remove direct contact, such as through the use of drop-off points or transfer zones.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This does not address how shifts can be organized.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information on how work can be organized when working in shifts to reduce the number of contacts when working.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Labs and research facilities
section_headers: 7. Workforce management
7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
section_content: In this section

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
7.2 Work-related travel
7.3 Communications and training

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
Objective: To change the way work is organised to create distinct groups and
reduce the number of contacts each worker has.
Steps that will usually be needed:


As far as possible, where people are split into teams or shift groups, fixing these teams or shift groups so that, where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.


Identifying areas where people have to directly pass things to each other, for example,test subject, control units and finding ways to remove direct contact, such as using put-down-pick-up processes.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer does not address how shifts can be organized.
This answers the question directly by providing information on how shift works can be arranged or organized to reduce the numbers of contacts between workers during shifts.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Shops and branches
section_headers: 7. Workforce management
7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
section_content: In this section

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
7.2 Work-related travel
7.3 Communications and training

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
Objective: To change the way work is organised to create distinct groups and
reduce the number of contacts each worker has.
Steps that will usually be needed:


As far as possible, where workers are split into teams or shift groups, fixing these teams or shift groups so that where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.


Identifying areas where people have to directly pass things to each other and find ways to remove direct contact such as by using drop-off points or transfer zones.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This does not address how shifts can be organized.
This is a direct answer to the question. It provides information on how to organize shifts or groups to reduce the number of contacts between workers during shifts.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Excellent