INSST technical criteria with personal protection measures against Covid

The National Institute of Safety and Health at Work (INSST) has published on December 1 the document entitled: INSST technical criteria with personal protection measures against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus: concepts on its use in the workplace.

The authors indicate that this document reflects the state of the art at the time of its writing and will be adapted, in the event that new evidence or scientific knowledge arises that affects what is established regarding protection measures, limiting its scope of action to the duration of the pandemic.

This technical criterion aims to clarify concepts related to the use of masks in the workplace against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and will apply exclusively to situations in which all of the following circumstances occur:

• That its use is carried out in the workplace.
• That the person who uses the equipment is always a working person. Therefore, any consideration that may be applicable to the community as a whole that is not limited to the working personnel who provide their services in the workplace is excluded.
• The only protection considered is that against the transmission of or infection by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and any consideration regarding protection against risks other than those caused by this coronavirus is excluded.

Protect the health of our workers

SinceFraternidad-Muprespa_we_advised at all times_to our mutualists with the topics of most interest in the management of safety and health at work in the current time of health crisis, and recently this December two webinars dedicated to good preventive practices against the risks of Coronavirus have been held.  On day 1 we held the webinar titled Covid Coordinator in the education sector which was attended by more than 70 attendees and on December 3 we held the webinar titled Covid Risk Manager in the Workplace, which was attended by more than 100 attendees.

We also want to remind you that on our web portal Previene we have of a specific section dedicated to Covid-19 with all the information of interest related to the prevention of occupational risks and health care in the pandemic we are experiencing.