The health- and financial ramifications from the Covid 19 pandemic are pushing companies worldwide to increased focus on their infection control readiness. Being well prepared with a robust set of internal measures can mean the difference between 10% or 40% of staff on sick leaves during outbreaks. As public health departments are gradually reducing their health measures, demands increase on management teams to do everything possible to minimize the spread of infections among staff. Their challenge is to prevent serious illness, as well as major additional costs and operational issues caused be extraordinary levels of sick leaves.