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COVID-19is around the world. We attempt to apply three-step method in ISO/IEC Guide 51: 2014 to COVID-19 infection control in theworkplace. The results show that the COVID-19 infection control measuresinclude the eradication of the virus, the destruction of infectivity, thedetoxification and weakening and the elimination of opportunities for infectionas “Inherently Safe Design Measures”, the avoidance of contact as “Safeguardingand Complementary Protective Measures” and the reduction of contact and theavoidance of seriousness as “Information for Use”. Among these specificmeasures, the New Normal, especially in the manufacturing industries, would be “telecommuting”and “unmanned workplaces”, which are part of the elimination of opportunitiesfor infection, and “changes in flow lines” and “changes in airflow”, which arepart of the avoidance of contact. Where “telecommuting” and “unmannedworkplaces” are feasible, they should be implemented as much as possible, andwhere they are not, attempts should be made to minimize human-to-human contactby “changes in flow lines”. In addition, in the area of “changes in airflow”,there are high expectations for future research on how to establish aventilation design for COVID-19, in which but also the source would be workersthemselves, not only combustible gases and toxic gases.
