Routes of infection, routes to safety: Creative mapping of human-viral behaviours on the bus to understand infection prevention practices

缺乏关于个人应用感染预防(IP)措施的定性、跨学科研究，如洗手和戴口罩，以及其在医疗保健环境之外的有效性。在这场危机中，知识产权措施对于建立信心，恢复家庭以外的休闲和经济活动至关重要。该项目推进了该团队之前的工作，确定了新的知识产权研究的必要性，该研究整合了行为、微生物学和美学方法，创造性地展示了人类运动与微生物/病毒传播的相互作用。案例研究是公共交通公交车及其多样化的用户社区，包括BAME和其他高风险群体。研究将：i)调查在公共(和私人)空间持续应用知识产权的结构性挑战；ii)提供微生物学和社会学证据，以告知和改进公共汽车运营商的有效清洁做法和公共汽车用户的安全出行做法；iii)使公众更广泛地了解感染风险/预防及其在共享室内空间中的地理位置。这个项目将通过解决有关登车的潜在病毒式威胁的未知问题来建立信心。该团队将迅速开展工作，整合人种学研究和微生物组研究的结果，以评估公交车清洁程序和乘客个人防护装备的有效性。使用紫外线粉末和喷雾的荧光测绘模拟将模拟和直观地展示如果不实施IP措施，“模拟”SARS-CoV-2通过接触和气雾剂的移动性。成果包括创造新的病毒美学材料，以传播知识产权的有效性。

There is an absence of qualitative, interdisciplinary research on the personal application of infection prevention (IP) measures, like hand-washing and mask-wearing, and its effectiveness beyond the healthcare setting. In this crisis, IP measures are critical to building confidence to resume leisure and economic activity out of the home. The project advances previous work by this team that identified a need for novel IP research which integrates behavioural, microbiological and aesthetic approaches to creatively demonstrate the interactions of human movement with microbial/viral transmission.The case study is the public transport bus and its diverse community of users, including BAME and other higher-risk groups. The research will: i) investigate the structural challenges in consistent application of IP in public (and private) spaces; ii) provide microbiological and sociological evidence to inform and improve effective cleaning practices for bus operators and safe travel practices for bus users; iii) generate wider public knowledge and understanding of infection risk/prevention and their geographies in shared indoor spaces. This project will build confidence by addressing unknowns about the potential viral threat of boarding the bus. The team will work quickly to undertake and integrate findings from an ethnographic research and a microbiome study to assess the effectiveness of bus cleaning routines and passenger PPE. A fluorescents mapping simulation using ultraviolet powders and sprays will mimic and demonstrate visually the mobility of 'mock' SARS-CoV-2 through contact and aerosols if IP measures are not implemented. Outputs include the creation of novel viral aesthetic materials to communicate the effectiveness of IP.