A critical review on ultraviolet disinfection systems against COVID-19 outbreak: applicability, validation, and safety considerations

M Raeiszadeh, B Adeli - Acs Photonics, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global health-threatening crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), highlights the scientific and …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the surge in demand for personal and protective equipment (PPE) and improvised face coverings arising from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

NJ Rowan, JG Laffey - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

UV disinfection robots: a review

I Mehta, HY Hsueh, S Taghipour, W Li… - Robotics and autonomous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has completely changed our lives
and how we interact with the world. The pandemic has brought about a pressing need to …

Face masks against COVID-19: Standards, efficacy, testing and decontamination methods

JTJ Ju, LN Boisvert, YY Zuo - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for
the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has caused a global pandemic on a scale …

Promotion of surgical masks antimicrobial activity by disinfection and impregnation with disinfectant silver nanoparticles

B Valdez-Salas, E Beltran-Partida… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background The COVID-19 pandemic is requesting highly effective protective personnel
equipment, mainly for healthcare professionals. However, the current demand has …

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

JGB Derraik, WA Anderson, EA Connelly… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

A pandemic-induced environmental dilemma of disposable masks: solutions from the perspective of the life cycle

Z Chen, W Zhang, H Yang, K Min, J Jiang… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has swept the world and still afflicts humans. As
an effective means of protection, wearing masks has been widely adopted by the general …

Reusable Cu2-xS-modified masks with infrared lamp-driven antibacterial and antiviral activity for real-time personal protection

Q Ren, N Yu, P Zou, Q He, DK Macharia… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Disposable surgical masks are widely used by the general public since the onset of the
coronavirus outbreak in 2019. However, current surgical masks cannot self-sterilize for …

COVID-19 and the emerging research trends in environmental studies: a bibliometric evaluation

M Usman, YS Ho - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health
emergency. Thousands of articles have been published to tackle this crisis. Here, a …

Identification of micro-and nanoplastics released from medical masks using hyperspectral imaging and deep learning

I Ishmukhametov, S Batasheva, R Fakhrullin - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Apart from other severe consequences, the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted a surge in
personal protective equipment usage, some of which, such as medical masks, have a short …