ArticleAnnals of work exposures and health2020
Occupational Heat Stress and Practical Cooling Solutions for Healthcare and Industry Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Novel cooling vest with personal protective equipment alleviates heat strain without increasing metabolic demands in the heat.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Trial
- Effect of air blowing inside isolated hospital clothing on perceptual and physiological heat strain in laboratory conditions.International journal of biometeorology · 2023Trial
- Impact of Personal Cooling on Performance, Comfort and Heat Strain of Healthcare Workers in PPE, a Study From West Africa.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- Heatwaves and occupational health and safety in Italy: the role of trade unions and social dialogue.Industrial health · 2026Article
- Scoping Review of Climate Change Adaptation Interventions for Health: Implications for Policy and Practice.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Effects of heat and personal protective equipment on thermal strain in healthcare workers: part B-application of wearable sensors to observe heat strain among healthcare workers under controlled conditions.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Article
- The Intersection of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canadian Digital News Media: A Content Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Inhibiting regional sweat evaporation modifies the ventilatory response to exercise: interactions between core and skin temperature.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2023Article
- Effect of the cooling clothing integrating with phase change material on the thermal comfort of healthcare workers with personal protective equipment during the COVID-19.Case studies in thermal engineering · 2023Article
- Editorial: Acute and long-term health issues of occupational exposure to heat and high physical loads.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Thermophysiological and Perceptual Responses of Amateur Healthcare Workers: Impacts of Ambient Condition, Inner-Garment Insulation and Personal Cooling Strategy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Workers' Perception Heat Stress: Results from a Pilot Study Conducted in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Heat Strain and Use of Heat Mitigation Strategies among COVID-19 Healthcare Workers Wearing Personal Protective Equipment-A Retrospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dynamic of upper body sweat distribution in young males wearing fully encapsulated chemical protective ensembles.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Cooling vests alleviate perceptual heat strain perceived by COVID-19 nurses.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2022Article
- Heat Safety in the Workplace: Modified Delphi Consensus to Establish Strategies and Resources to Protect the US Workers.GeoHealth · 2021Article
- Hot days and Covid-19: Online survey of nurses and nursing assistants to assess occupational heat stress in Germany during summer 2020.The journal of climate change and health · 2021Article
- The impact of the first COVID-19 surge on the mental well-being of ICU nurses: A nationwide survey study.Intensive & critical care nursing · 2021Article
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Abstract
Treatment and management of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, which causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), requires increased adoption of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be worn by workers in healthcare and industry. In warm occupational settings, the added burden of PPE threatens worker health and productivity, a major lesson learned during the West-African Ebola outbreak which ultimately constrained disease control. In this paper, we comment on the link between COVID-19 PPE and occupational heat strain, cooling solutions available to mitigate occupational heat stress, and practical considerations surrounding their effectiveness and feasibility. While the choice of cooling solution depends on the context of the work and what is practical, mitigating occupational heat stress benefits workers in the healthcare and industrial sectors during the COVID-19 disease outbreak.
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