[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and heat waves: New challenges for healthcare systems
Heat waves and Covid-19 overlap, as this pandemic continues into summer 2021. Using a
narrative review, we identified overlapping risk groups and propose coping strategies. The …
narrative review, we identified overlapping risk groups and propose coping strategies. The …
[HTML][HTML] Establishing intensifying chronic exposure to extreme heat as a slow onset event with implications for health, wellbeing, productivity, society and economy
Highlights•Gradual, average increases in temperature are significant for the risk of heat
stress.•Increasing chronic exposure to extreme heat constitutes a slow onset event.•Heat …
stress.•Increasing chronic exposure to extreme heat constitutes a slow onset event.•Heat …
[HTML][HTML] Effect of the cooling clothing integrating with phase change material on the thermal comfort of healthcare workers with personal protective equipment during …
C Hu, Z Wang, R Bo, C Li, X Meng - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is essential to protect healthcare
workers during the COVID-19, but the traditional cooling methods do not meet the …
workers during the COVID-19, but the traditional cooling methods do not meet the …
Human thermal physiological response of wearing personal protective equipment: An educational building semi-open space experimental investigation
Z Fang, Y Mao, Y Zhu, J Lu, Z Zheng, X Chen - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, HCWs are frequently required to
wear personal protective equipment (PPE) for nucleic acid sample collection in semi-open …
wear personal protective equipment (PPE) for nucleic acid sample collection in semi-open …
Improving thermal comfort of individual wearing medical protective clothing: Two personal cooling strategies integrated with the polymer water-absorbing resin …
H Jiang, B Cao, Y Zhu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
To limit the spread of the epidemic, healthcare workers wore tightly closed protective suits.
The microenvironment with high temperature and humidity inside medical protective clothing …
The microenvironment with high temperature and humidity inside medical protective clothing …
[HTML][HTML] A web survey to evaluate the thermal stress associated with personal protective equipment among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
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 …
of view, healthcare workers have recorded a substantial increase in working hours. The use …
Physical problems of prolonged use of personal protective equipment during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A scoping review
A Manookian, N Dehghan Nayeri… - Nursing Forum, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background It is widely believed that using personal protective equipment (PPE) provides
high levels of protection for healthcare workers (HCWs) in the fight against coronavirus …
high levels of protection for healthcare workers (HCWs) in the fight against coronavirus …
[HTML][HTML] Singapore COVID-19 data cross-validation by the Gaidai reliability method
O Gaidai, V Yakimov, J Sun, EJ van Loon - npj Viruses, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has exserted certain burden on global
public health, spreading around the world with reportedly low mortality and morbidity. This …
public health, spreading around the world with reportedly low mortality and morbidity. This …
[HTML][HTML] The intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 heat dome in Canadian digital news media: A content analysis
EJ Tetzlaff, N Goulet, M Gorman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the 2021 Heat Dome, 619 people in British Columbia died due to the heat. This
public health disaster was made worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Few studies …
public health disaster was made worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Few studies …
Thermal comfort of personal protective equipment (PPE) wearers in different temperatures and activity conditions
H Jiang, B Cao, Y Zhu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
To avoid virus infections, healthcare workers have to wear personal protective equipment
(PPE) during work. However, the high temperature and humidity in PPE threaten their …
(PPE) during work. However, the high temperature and humidity in PPE threaten their …