Plastic Waste and COVID-19 Incidence Among Hospital Staff After Deescalation in PPE Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In September 2023, the Singapore Ministry of Health revised the national personal protective equipment (PPE) guideline for health care personnel (HCP) attending to suspected or confirmed patients with COVID-19, recommending the use of N95 respirators alone. However, data on the associations between PPE deescalation, staff COVID-19 incidence, and sustainability outcomes are limited.

Objective

To evaluate the associations between PPE deescalation guidelines on staff COVID-19 incidence and the environmental sustainability outcomes of the measure.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective quality improvement study of hospital PPE usage using data from Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), analyzing month

SUBMITTER: Sutjipto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000988 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature