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First Option TV and Film Production Health and Safety Advisor Training Course
First Option have developed the world’s first TV and Film production Health and Safety Advisor training course.
For the past three months, First Option has been putting its team of over 30 in-house and associate consultants through the course, and will be making it mandatory for all new consultants joining the team.
COVID-19 Hygiene
Tips on how to disinfect and stay up to date on COVID-19 hygiene
COVID-19 Public Transport - The Risks
The Chain Of Infection
The 'chain of infection’ paradigm is principally applied to tackling HAIs (healthcare associated infections but it is a very useful framework for thinking about stopping COVID in non-healthcare settings too.
COVID-19 Transmission Update
A summary of the latest evidence about how the SARS-CoV-2 virus is transmitted. What are the relative risks between the modes of infection and what that means for infection prevention and control strategies. Principal sources are publications in peer-reviewed journals and reviews undertaken by WHO and partners.
HSE COVID-19 Checks at Workplaces
The HSE has contacted approximately 10,000 businesses to investigate if they are COVID-secure, 5,700 spot inspections have been completed and 3,000 COVID enquiries from the public have been dealt with since March 2020.
COVID-19 Rapid Testing
COVID-19 Risks on Commercial Flights
Much has been written regarding the potential risks of contracting COVID-19 on commercial airline flights and given some of the graphics purporting to show how the virus could spread in an aircraft cabin one can be forgiven for thinking even contemplating a flight is a likely death sentence.
