The need for healthcare workers (HCWs) to wear personal protective equipment (PPE)
during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic heightens their risk of thermal …

The combination of an exacerbated workload and impermeable nature of the personal
protective equipment (PPE) worn by COVID-19 healthcare workers increases heat strain …

Background In contrast to the previous COVID-19 pandemic, most frontline healthcare
workers (HCWs) worked on residents' nucleic acid tests in outdoor environments, instead of …

Personal protective equipment (PPE) can potentiate heat stress, which may have a negative
impact on the wearer's performance, safety and well-being. In view of this, a survey was …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care workers (HCWs) were required to
perform medical tasks in outdoor settings while wearing medical protective clothing …

The pandemic has been afflicting the planet for over a year and from the occupational point
of view, healthcare workers have recorded a substantial increase in working hours. The use …

Abstract Treatment and management of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2,
which causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), requires increased adoption of personal …

Providing a comfortable thermal environment to workers for better health and productivity is
one of the necessary conditions for sustainable industrial development. However, there is a …

Linkages between thermal loads and its physiological consequences have been widely
studied in non-tropical developed country settings. In many developing countries like India …

Cooling vests alleviate heat strain. We quantified the perceptual and physiological heat
strain and assessed the effects of wearing a 21° C phase change material cooling vest on …