Antimicrobial stewardship: fighting antimicrobial resistance and protecting global public health

MAA Majumder, S Rahman, D Cohall… - Infection and drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases
morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care …

Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

KP Fennelly - The lancet respiratory medicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among
health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

LH Nguyen, DA Drew, MS Graham, AD Joshi… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We
sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the …

Epidemiology of and risk factors for coronavirus infection in health care workers: a living rapid review

R Chou, T Dana, DI Buckley, S Selph, R Fu… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
An update is available for this article. Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk
for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Purpose: To …

Personal protective equipment during the coronavirus disease (COVID) 2019 pandemic–a narrative review

TM Cook - Anaesthesia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Personal protective equipment has become an important and emotive subject during the
current coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic. Coronavirus disease 2019 is predominantly …

[HTML][HTML] Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta …

DK Chu, EA Akl, S Duda, K Solo, S Yaacoub… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes
COVID-19 and is spread person-to-person through close contact. We aimed to investigate …

Pyrolysis of polypropylene plastic waste into carbonaceous char: Priority of plastic waste management amidst COVID-19 pandemic

MM Harussani, SM Sapuan, U Rashid… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 global pandemic, originated from Wuhan, resulted in a massive increase in the
output of polypropylene (PP)-based personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare …

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated factors in healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Galanis, I Vraka, D Fragkou, A Bilali… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
Summary Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) represent a high-risk population for
infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Aim To …

Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines

S Aziz, YM Arabi, W Alhazzani, L Evans, G Citerio… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
Given the rapidly changing nature of COVID-19, clinicians and policy makers require urgent
review and summary of the literature, and synthesis of evidence-based guidelines to inform …

COVID-19 pandemic: Prevention and protection measures to be adopted at the workplace

L Cirrincione, F Plescia, C Ledda, V Rapisarda… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2, identified in Wuhan, China, for the first time in December 2019, is a new viral
strain, which has not been previously identified in humans; it can be transmitted both by air …