ReviewThe Science of the total environment2021
Unlocking the surge in demand for personal and protective equipment (PPE) and improvised face coverings arising from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic - Implications for efficacy, re-use and sustainable waste management.
Review in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.
- Conservation Practices for Personal Protective Equipment: A Systematic Review with Focus on Lower-Income Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Medical Waste from COVID-19 Pandemic-A Systematic Review of Management and Environmental Impacts in Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Environmental impact of increased soap consumption during COVID-19 pandemic: Biodegradable soap production and sustainable packaging.The Science of the total environment · 2021Pooled it
- Closing the Loop on Personal Protective Equipment: Collection, Polymer Recovery, and Circular Pathways for Post-Consumer PPE.Polymers · 2026Review
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- Thermal Degradation of Face Mask Waste through Pyrolysis at Different Temperatures for Value-Added Products.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Development of a Color-Changing Face Mask for Fever Detection Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Reducing waste and improving provider safety: a retrospective analysis with lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.Infection prevention in practice · 2025Article
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- Global impact of COVID-19 on food safety and environmental sustainability: Pathways to face the pandemic crisis.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Adherence to Personal Protective Equipment practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot study.Infection prevention in practice · 2024Article
- aPDI meets PPE: photochemical decontamination in healthcare using methylene blue-where are we now, where will we go?Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2024Article
- Identifying the determinants of face mask disposal behavior and policy implications: An application of the extended theory of planned behavior.Resources, conservation & recycling advances · 2023Article
- Rapid In Situ Thermal Decontamination of Wearable Composite Textile Materials.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2023Article
- Personal protective equipment waste management behavior of undergraduates in Xi'an City based on extended theory of value-identity-personal norm model.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Biomedical waste plastic: bacteria, disinfection and recycling technologies-a comprehensive review.International journal of environmental science and technology : IJEST · 2023Review
- Challenges and future opportunities to unlock the critical supply chain of personal and protective equipment (PPE) encompassing decontamination and reuse under emergency use authorization (EUA) conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Through a reflective circularity and sustainability lens.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) disposal during COVID-19: An emerging source of microplastic and microfiber pollution in the environment.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- Carbon footprint assessment of face masks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Based on different protective performance and applicable scenarios.Journal of cleaner production · 2023Article
- Plastic wastes in the time of COVID-19: Their environmental hazards and implications for sustainable energy resilience and circular bio-economies.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Currently, there is no effective vaccine for tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 with the occurrence of repeat waves of infection frequently stretching hospital resources beyond capacity. Disease countermeasures rely upon preventing person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV2 so as to protect front-line healthcare workers (HCWs). COVID-19 brings enormous challenges in terms of sustaining the supply chain for single-use-plastic personal and protective equipment (PPE). Post-COVID-19, the changes in medical practice will drive high demand for PPE. Important countermeasures for preventing COVID-19 transmission include mitigating potential high risk aerosol transmission in healthcare setting using medical PPE (such as filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs)) and the appropriate use of face coverings by the general public that carries a lower transmission risk. PPE reuse is a potential short term solution during COVID-19 pandemic where there is increased evidence for effective deployment of reprocessing methods such as vaporized hydrogen peroxide (30 to 35% VH2O2) used alone or combined with ozone, ultraviolet light at 254 nm (2000 mJ/cm
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