Heat strain and use of heat mitigation strategies among COVID-19 Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment—A retrospective study

CCWG Bongers, JQ de Korte, M Zwartkruis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The combination of an exacerbated workload and impermeable nature of the personal
protective equipment (PPE) worn by COVID-19 healthcare workers increases heat strain …

A web survey to evaluate the thermal stress associated with personal protective equipment among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

A Messeri, M Bonafede, E Pietrafesa, I Pinto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Personal protective equipment in the covid-19 pandemic and the use of cooling-wear as alleviator of thermal stress: a pilot study in plastic surgery staff members

H Luze, SP Nischwitz, P Kotzbeck, J Fink… - Wiener Klinische …, 2021 - Springer
Background High temperatures at workplaces lead to health-related risks and premature
exhaustion. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires many health …

Heat stress and PPE during COVID-19: impact on healthcare workers' performance, safety and well-being in NHS settings

SL Davey, BJ Lee, T Robbins, H Randeva… - Journal of hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal discomfort caused by personal protective equipment in healthcare workers during the delta COVID-19 pandemic in Guangzhou, China: A case study

Y Zhu, S Qiao, W Wu, Y Li, H Jian, S Lin, T Tang… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Heat stress and thermal perception amongst healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in India and Singapore

J Lee, V Venugopal, PK Latha, SB Alhadad… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Field investigation of the heat stress in outdoor of healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment in South China

Y Zhu, Y Mao, Y Li, T Tang, H Jiang, S Qiao… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since the advent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), healthcare workers (HCWs)
wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) has become a common phenomenon. COVID …

Personal protective equipment for COVID‐19 among healthcare workers in an emergency department: An exploratory survey of workload, thermal discomfort and …

A Hunt, J Ting, D Schweitzer… - Emergency Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine workload, thermal discomfort and heat‐related symptoms among
healthcare workers (HCWs) in an Australian ED during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods A …

Occupational heat stress and practical cooling solutions for healthcare and industry workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Foster, SG Hodder, J Goodwin… - Annals of work …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Treatment and management of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2,
which causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), requires increased adoption of personal …

Heat stress mitigation with ice cooling vests in PPE-clad medical workers: Effects of cooling area and gender differences

Z Li, B Yang, B Zhou, F Wang - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care workers (HCWs) were required to
perform medical tasks in outdoor settings while wearing medical protective clothing …