Heat stress and PPE during COVID-19: impact on healthcare workers performance, safety and well-being in NHS settings

Autor: C.D. Thake, Ben J. Lee, Harpal S. Randeva, Sarah Davey, Tim Robbins
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Microbiology (medical)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject
Short Report
NHS
National Health Service
030501 epidemiology
PFM
Protective face mask
State Medicine
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
03 medical and health sciences
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
Health care
Pandemic
Humans
Medicine
Cognitive Dysfunction
Personal Protective Equipment
Personal protective equipment
Work Performance
media_common
0303 health sciences
SARS-CoV-2
030306 microbiology
business.industry
COVID-19
General Medicine
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS
Middle Aged
United Kingdom
HCWs
Heath Care Workers
Heat stress
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Infectious Diseases
Physical performance
SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19)
Well-being
Female
Perception
Psychological resilience
Safety
0305 other medical science
business
HEAT STRESS
Heat-Shock Response
Zdroj: Journal of Hospital Infection
The Journal of Hospital Infection
ISSN: 0195-6701
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.11.027
Popis: Personal protective equipment (PPE) can potentiate heat stress, which may have a negative impact on the wearer's performance, safety and well-being. In view of this, a survey was distributed to healthcare workers (HCWs) required to wear PPE during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the UK to evaluate perceived levels of heat stress and its consequences. Respondents reported experiencing several heat-related illness symptoms, and heat stress impaired both cognitive and physical performance. The majority of respondents stated that wearing PPE made their job more difficult. These, and additional, responses suggest that modification to current working practices is required urgently to improve the resilience of HCWs to wearing PPE during pandemics.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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