Introduction. Systemic prevention of communicable diseases among workers is employers’ responsibility as well as one of the most significant activities performed by the Federal Service for Surveillance over Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor).

The aim of the study. To systematize and assess practical implementation of anti-epidemic measures by institutions and enterprises under mass morbidity of communicable diseases.

Materials and methods. A social survey was conducted using online questioning. Goggle Forms was employed as a platform to create a data array. Approximately one thousand institutions and enterprises over the Russian Federation were invited to take part in the survey; overall, 84 of them agreed to participate. The survey was conducted during September–December, 2020. The data was statistically analyzed with SPSS 16.0 software package for Windows.

Results. We systematized obstacles to exist for implementing preventive measures against communicable diseases and established basic needs of the business community within creating a reliable risk management system. The survey identified three groups of barriers: management, financial, and those related to the human factor; management barriers (impossibility to move workers to remote workplaces, difficulties in maintaining proper social distancing) turned out to be the most significant. We established a direct significant correlation between an amount of management and systematization of its approach to prevention of communicable diseases. The study also revealed information and communication demands of the business community. The former are the necessity to get access to systematized, adapted, and easy to understand information products. The latter involve overcoming the gaps between expert knowledge, data presentation, and managers’ abilities and needs by direct communication between experts and creating a system for sharing practical experience between peers working in the same branch.

Limitations. The study was accomplished on a small sample.

Conclusion. We conclude the creating an effective risk management system to require not only financial support but also an available information environment, which includes both digital guidelines and interactive formats for sharing experience.

Compliance with ethical standards. The study was approved by the local ethics committee of the Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies of Rospotrebnadzor (The meeting report No.1 dated February 03, 2020). Prior to taking part in the survey, a respondent was provided with information about the aim of the study and had the right to drop out of it at any stage. All survey data were depersonalized.

Contribution of the authors: Lir D.N. — the study concept, editing the text; Barg А.О. — data collection and interpretation, writing the text and abstract, development of the questionnaire, data analysis; Goleva O.I. — data collection and interpretation, writing the text and abstract; Luzhetskiy К.P. — the study concept, editing the text, data collection and interpretation, writing the text and abstract; Shur P.Z. — the study concept, editing the text. All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Funding. The study had no sponsorship.

Received: July 18, 2025 / Accepted: September 19, 2025 / Published: October 20, 2025