Environmental impacts of the widespread use of chlorine-based disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Parveen, S Chowdhury, S Goel - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Chlorinated disinfectants are widely used in hospitals, COVID-19 quarantine facilities,
households, institutes, and public areas to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus as …

Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability–a review

A Ekanayake, AU Rajapaksha, C Hewawasam… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of novel respiratory disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has
become a public health emergency worldwide and perturbed the global economy and …

The efficacy of ultraviolet light-emitting technology against coronaviruses: a systematic review

F Chiappa, B Frascella, GP Vigezzi, M Moro… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has underlined the importance of adopting effective
infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in hospital and community settings …

What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?

SJ Dancer, Y Li, A Hart, JW Tang, DL Jones - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Public toilets and bathrooms may act as a contact hub point where community transmission
of SARS-CoV-2 occurs between users. The mechanism of spread would arise through three …

Disinfectant-induced hormesis: An unknown environmental threat of the application of disinfectants to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic?

E Agathokleous, D Barceló, I Iavicoli, A Tsatsakis… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Massive additional quantities of disinfectants have been applied during the COVID-19
pandemic as infection preventive and control measures. While the application of …

Infection control in the era of COVID-19: a narrative review

N Shbaklo, T Lupia, FG De Rosa, S Corcione - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 quickly became a pandemic causing millions of infections and mortalities. It
required real-time adjustments to healthcare systems and infection prevention and control …

[HTML][HTML] Virucidal activity of oral, hand, and surface disinfectants against respiratory syncytial virus

TL Meister, M Friesland, N Frericks, M Wetzke… - Journal of Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is known as a major cause of respiratory tract
infection in adults and children. Human-to-human transmission occurs via droplets as well …

Debate on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

FK Cheng - Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Summary Background Since January 2020, worldwide public health has been threatened by
COVID-19, for which vaccines have been adopted from December 2020. Discussion …

A review of facilities management interventions to mitigate respiratory infections in existing buildings

Y Zhang, FKP Hui, C Duffield, AM Saeed - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The Covid-19 pandemic reveals that the hazard of the respiratory virus was a secondary
consideration in the design, development, construction, and management of public and …

Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method

P Nasa, E Azoulay, A Chakrabarti… - The Lancet infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, health-care workers and uninfected patients in
intensive care units (ICUs) are at risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 as a result of …