The role of disinfectants and sanitizers during COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and deleterious effects on humans and the environment

K Dhama, SK Patel, R Kumar, R Masand… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Disinfectants and sanitizers are essential preventive agents against the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; however, the pandemic crisis was marred by undue hype …

The role of environmental factors to transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

H Eslami, M Jalili - Amb Express, 2020 - Springer
The current outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in more than 250
countries has become a serious threat to the health of people around the world. Human-to …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Light-based technologies for management of COVID-19 pandemic crisis

CP Sabino, AR Ball, MS Baptista, T Dai… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global dissemination of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has accelerated the
need for the implementation of effective antimicrobial strategies to target the causative agent …

Low-tech solutions for the COVID-19 supply chain crisis

AM Armani, DE Hurt, D Hwang, MC McCarthy… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A global effort is ongoing in the scientific community and in the maker movement, which
focuses on creating devices and tinkering with them, to reverse-engineer commercial …

Energy and environmental sustainability of waste personal protective equipment (PPE) treatment under COVID-19

X Zhao, JJ Klemeš, F You - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Combating the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the demand for and disposal of personal
protective equipment in the United States. This work proposes a novel waste personal …

Dry heat and microwave-generated steam protocols for the rapid decontamination of respiratory personal protective equipment in response to COVID-19-related …

MJ Pascoe, A Robertson, A Crayford, E Durand… - Journal of Hospital …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and unprecedented global demand,
clinicians are struggling to source adequate access to personal protective equipment …

Extended use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic-Thermal conditioning and spray-on surface disinfection

MC Celina, E Martinez, MA Omana, A Sanchez… - Polymer Degradation …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in globally constrained supplies for face
masks and personal protective equipment (PPE). Production capacity is limited in many …

Distributed manufacturing of open source medical hardware for pandemics

JM Pearce - Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Distributed digital manufacturing offers a solution to medical supply and technology
shortages during pandemics. To prepare for the next pandemic, this study reviews the state …