ArticlePloS one2015
Ebola Response: Modeling the Risk of Heat Stress from Personal Protective Clothing.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Thermal discomfort caused by personal protective equipment in healthcare workers during the delta COVID-19 pandemic in Guangzhou, China: A case study.Case studies in thermal engineering · 2022Article
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- A Web Survey to Evaluate the Thermal Stress Associated with Personal Protective Equipment among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Occupational Heat Stress and Practical Cooling Solutions for Healthcare and Industry Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Annals of work exposures and health · 2020Article
- The Importance of Respiratory Rate Monitoring: From Healthcare to Sport and Exercise.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Heat Stress and Thermal Perception amongst Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India and Singapore.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Individual Responses to Heat Stress: Implications for Hyperthermia and Physical Work Capacity.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Review
- Potential Risk of Virus Carryover by Fabrics of Personal Protective Gowns.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Physiological Evaluation of Personal Protective Ensembles Recommended for Use in West Africa.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionA significant number of healthcare workers have responded to aid in the relief and containment of the 2013 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. Healthcare workers are required to wear personal protective clothing (PPC) to impede the transmission of the virus; however, the impermeable design and the hot humid environment lead to risk of heat stress.
objectiveProvide healthcare workers quantitative modeling and analysis to aid in the prevention of heat stress while wearing PPC in West Africa.
methodsA sweating thermal manikin was used to measure the thermal (Rct) and evaporative resistance (Ret) of the five currently used levels of PPC for healthcare workers in the West Africa EVD response. Mathematical methods of predicting the rise in core body temperature (Tc) in response to clothing, activity, and environment was used to simulate different responses to PPC levels, individual body sizes, and two hot humid conditions: morning/evening (air temperature: 25°C, relative humidity: 40%, mean radiant temperature: 35°C, wind velocity: 1 m/s) and mid-day (30°C, 60%, 70°C, 1 m/s).
resultsNearly still air (0.4 m/s) measures of Rct ranged from 0.18 to 0.26 m2 K/W and Ret ranged from 25.53 to 340.26 m2 Pa/W.
conclusionBiophysical assessments and modeling in this study provide quantitative guidance for prevention of heat stress of healthcare workers wearing PPC responding to the EVD outbreak in West Africa.
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