Providing safe work environments
Commercial Design|February 2021
Pandemic-proofing offices could involve short-term fixes, new working patterns and long-term design upgrades that put hygiene at the heart of workplace planning
Providing safe work environments

As we embrace the new year, we hear how hygiene and cleanliness is becoming the most effective and decisive instruments for combating Covid-19, whether that’s for an desk at an office or the waiting room at a healthcare facility, it’s become an imperative requisite across all sectors.

Given that the new type of virus is able to survive on material surfaces longer than before and has a higher transmission rate, it is therefore very important that spread of the virus is contained and minimized.

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