New @hsib_org report on hospital transmission of COVID-19 just out. https://www.hsib.org.uk/documents/258/hsib-summary-report-covid-19-transmission-hospitals.pdf 1/n

To my eyes it’s a sensible report - looking at the whole system and looking forward to solutions. They’ve broken down into people... 2/n

Equipment - ventilation, PPE, technology 3/...

Task: testing and cleaning. Real challenges across the board here. 4/...

Environment: buildings, layout, staff areas. 5/...

Organisation: management, learning and monitoring 6/...

I think a key thing for this is to look at the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. No one thing is going to be a panacea. But not doing some will undermine effectiveness of others. 7/...

There is acknowledgment by @hsib_org that recommendations are slightly undefined on time, so need to watch out for slow progress. 8/...

Also the need for adequate resourcing of recommendations (at all levels) is left untouched. The fatigue and weariness of staff is highlighted so I hope this doesn’t translate to more burden. 9/...

And finally, did anyone at @hsib_org check the back cover? Not sure many recommendations being complied with here 10/10