ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Rapid Review of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 Viability, Susceptibility to Treatment, and the Disinfection and Reuse of PPE, Particularly Filtering Facepiece Respirators.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-thermal plasma efficiently decontaminates sensitive materials from respiratory viruses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- From Bench to Breath: Material Integrity and Performance of Filtering Facepiece Respirators and Surgical Masks After Multi-Cycle Dry-Heat Reprocessing.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- A Virus Aerosol Chamber Study: The Impact of UVA, UVC, and HEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Reducing waste and improving provider safety: a retrospective analysis with lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.Infection prevention in practice · 2025Article
- Impact of ultraviolet radiation on filtering facepiece respirators and SARS-CoV-2 detection.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Review of pediatric emergency care and the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2023Article
- End-user acceptability of personal protective equipment disinfection for potential reuse: a survey of health-care workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2023Article
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- Evaluation of disinfection methods for personal protective equipment (PPE) items for reuse during a pandemic.PloS one · 2023Article
- Glasius bio-inspired neural networks based UV-C disinfection path planning improved by preventive deadlock processing algorithm.Advances in engineering software (Barking, London, England : 1992) · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research on marine plastic pollution - A bibliometric-based assessment.Marine policy · 2022Article
- Plasma-generated reactive water mist for disinfection of N95 respirators laden with MS2 and T4 bacteriophage viruses.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Dry Heat Treatment againstPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Determining Viral Disinfection Efficacy of Hot Water Laundering.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2022Article
- Microplastics waste in environment: A perspective on recycling issues from PPE kits and face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.Environmental technology & innovation · 2022Review
- Development of an Ultraviolet-C Irradiation Room in a Public Portuguese Hospital for Safe Re-Utilization of Personal Protective Respirators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effect of SARs-CoV-2 pandemic on infection prevention behaviors and bacterial burden of high touch surfaces in a medical/surgical setting.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Estimation of the healthcare waste generation during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Wastewater, waste, and water-based epidemiology (WWW-BE): A novel hypothesis and decision-support tool to unravel COVID-19 in low-income settings?The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
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Abstract
In the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, hospitals are often stretched beyond capacity. There are widespread reports of dwindling supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly N95-type filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), which are paramount to protect frontline medical/nursing staff, and to minimize further spread of the virus. We carried out a rapid review to summarize the existing literature on the viability of SARS-CoV-2, the efficacy of key potential disinfection procedures against the virus (specifically ultraviolet light and heat), and the impact of these procedures on FFR performance, material integrity, and/or fit. In light of the recent discovery of SARS-CoV-2 and limited associated research, our review also focused on the closely related SARS-CoV-1. We propose a possible whole-of-PPE disinfection solution for potential reuse that could be rapidly instituted in many health care settings, without significant investments in equipment.
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