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. 2020 Aug 11;75(11):1494–1508. doi: 10.1111/anae.15220
Present Not present
Environment risk
High prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in local community (as informed by local or national information)
Rising prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in local community (Ro > 1)
High prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in hospital (as informed by local or national information)
Travel to or from work on public transport
Working in a patient‐facing role caring for patients with COVID‐19
Working in high risk specialty or setting*
Mitigation failures
Failure of effective segregation of patients by risk of COVID‐19
Lack of adherence to social distancing within working environment
Failure of standard infection control precautions
Failure of transmission‐based precautions
Inadequate provision or use of PPE
*

Anaesthesia and ICU are not judged high risk at present.