Germ Defence

Our #covid detached team had a busy night, the #youngpeople informed about the online tool which shares advice on how to keep your household Covid free, what to do if a member of your household #tests positive germdefence.org @BWDDPH @GermDefence @BwDDenise @OsmanSayyed

We launched a year ago to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 at home, and now we've had over 500,000 people visit us! Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported us germdefence.org

Germ Defence website rolled out through GP practices in England to help reduce household #COVID19 infections: researchers from @HPRU_BSE @capcbristol @ARC_West are investigating the effectiveness of @GermDefence in preventing #coronavirus spread at home. bit.ly/2OZBfHz

💬 "We have to continue to reduce infection spread." New research from @BathPsychology shows that people are still struggling to stick to some behaviour changes to limit transmission of the COVID-19 virus in the home. 🏠 bath.ac.uk/announcements/… @GermDefence @benainsworth

#COVID19 - a useful website with practical guidance for reducing risk Well done @unisouthampton @UniofBath @BristolUni germdefence.org/index.html

@natalieben @unisouthampton @UniofBath @BristolUni Thank you. Much appreciated

@RostronHeather The information is the same from any link 🙂

@GermDefence Thanks. Do I not need a specific link from the GP then?

@GermDefence my link from the GP practice isn't working and I'd like to support the project....any advise or help please?

There are simple things we can all do to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus when family and friends visit over Christmas. See how to help reduce infection spread with @GermDefence; a project from behavioural psychologists including @benainsworth. bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

@itsjillgardner Hi. Please be assured that we don't have your phone number, we are working with your General Practice and they contacted you. Full details of the study are here, but please feel free to message us with any more questions arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/research/proje…

I received a text message directing me to this site. I have contacted them: Can you provide me with details of the study, the data and who funded the research study? Could you also advise me of how you obtained my personal phone number? @GermDefence germdefence.org/index.html

@Tim_Dafforn @coleridgeonline Hi Tim. Germ Defence is a website developed by 3 Universities & we're working with Primary Care to encourage people to use it to help protect themselves from Coronavirus. I'm really sorry if we caused your parents any distress. Important to know it might be seen as a scam.

@coleridgeonline can I pass on a message from my elderly parents who received a email from the surgery entitled Germ Defence. Looked like a scam email. See screen shot. I have told them not to open the link. My wife also received the same email sender was noreplycmc@nhs.net

Spread Germ Defence, not the virus! With people gathering at home for #Christmas, it's vital to stop the spread of #coronavirus in the home. Following advice from the @GermDefence website has been shown to reduce the spread of flu & other viruses. See: bit.ly/3mbxQkI

Find out more about the wide range of #COVID19 health protection research funded by @NIHRresearch, including @GermDefence led by @HPRU_BSE's Prof Lucy Yardley. nihr.ac.uk/covid-19/healt… #WeAreTogether

The @GermDefence website draws on #behaviourchange techniques to help users think through & adopt better home hygiene and stronger infection control. germdefence.org #COVID19 #coronavirus #StayAlert @NIHRresearch @NIHRevidence @UKRI_News @NHSEngland @PHE_uk @LGAWellbeing

Prof Lucy Yardley talking about Germ Defence 21 minutes in. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Apologies to anyone trying to access the website yesterday evening. Prof Lucy Yardley was on BBC news talking about us and we had a lot of visitors. The website is available again this morning.