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Scientific Diving in Covid-19 Times
Covid 19 constitutes hitherto unknown threats to scientific diving teams. In a professional environment dependent on close physical cooperation of team members the disease afflicts working procedures and requires new safety precautions. Risk assessements need to be adapted accordingly, which is a difficult task with so many informations on the virus, many of them preliminary.
UwArc´s spring 2020 campaign adopts the general rules we use in every-day life and in other working environments. Hold distance to team members (and others) at all times! Wear face masks at all occasions you need to be close to each other! Disinfect / wash your hands! Keep all commonly used tools and equipment clean and disinfected! Be aware of your own body secretions, especially in the moist conditions of a tightly packed vessel and in case of emergency! Avoid unnessesary contacts, keep record of professional visits / visitors!
Handlungsempfehlung Nr. 21, Version 2 der Kommission Forschungstauchen Deutschland