ArticleBMJ open2021
Thinking green: modelling respirator reuse strategies to reduce cost and waste.
Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Waste Management and the Perspective of a Green Hospital-A Systematic Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The environmental impact and sustainability of infection control practices: a systematic scoping review.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- National partnerships address critical needs in infection prevention and control.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
- Reuse of N95/PFF2 masks in clinical practice: morphological and structural analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Article
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- A spatiotemporal machine learning approach to forecasting COVID-19 incidence at the county level in the USA.International journal of data science and analytics · 2023Article
- Isolation, Whole-Genome Sequencing, and Annotation of Two Antibiotic-Producing and -Resistant Bacteria, Enterobacter roggenkampii RIT 834 and Acinetobacter pittii RIT 835, from Disposable Masks Collected from the Environment.Microbiology resource announcements · 2022Article
- Respirators in Healthcare: Material, Design, Regulatory, Environmental, and Economic Considerations for Clinical Efficacy.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2022Review
- Patient and Health Care Worker Perceptions of Communication and Ability to Identify Emotion When Wearing Standard and Transparent Masks.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Disinfection of Respirators with Ultraviolet Radiation.Journal of research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology · 2021Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare the impact of respirator extended use and reuse strategies with regard to cost and sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic.
designCost analysis.
settingUSA.
participantsAll healthcare workers within the USA.
interventionsNot applicable.
main outcome measuresA model was developed to estimate usage, costs and waste incurred by several respirator usage strategies over the first 6 months of the pandemic in the USA. This model assumed universal masking of all healthcare workers. Estimates were taken from the literature, government databases and commercially available data from approved vendors.
resultsA new N95 respirator per patient encounter would require 7.41 billion respirators, cost $6.38 billion and generate 84.0 million kg of waste in the USA over 6 months. One respirator per day per healthcare worker would require 3.29 billion respirators, cost $2.83 billion and generate 37.22 million kg of waste. Decontamination by ultraviolet germicidal irradiation would require 1.64 billion respirators, cost $1.41 billion and accumulate 18.61 million kg of waste. H
conclusionsDecontamination and reusable respirator-based strategies decreased the number of respirators used, costs and waste generated compared with single-use or daily extended-use of disposable respirators. Future development of low-cost,simple technologies to enable respirator and/or filter decontamination is needed to further minimise the economic and environmental costs of masks.
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