Events The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health —Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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10.3390/ECERPH-3-09061

This submission belongs to the session H. Occupational Safety and Health of the event The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health —Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published date

11 Jan, 2021

Citation

Alessandro Messeri, Michela Bonafedde, Emma Pietrafesa, Iole Pinto, Francesca de’Donato, Alfonso Crisci, Jason Kai Wei Lee, Alessandro Marinaccio, Miriam Levi, Marco Morabito, A web survey to evaluate the thermal stress among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, in Proceedings of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health —Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 11 January–25 January 2021, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/ECERPH-3-09061

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A web survey to evaluate the thermal stress among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Alessandro Messeri ^1,2

Michela Bonafedde ³

Emma Pietrafesa ³

Iole Pinto ⁴

Francesca de’Donato ⁵

Alfonso Crisci ⁶

Jason Kai Wei Lee ⁷

Alessandro Marinaccio ⁸

Miriam Levi ⁹

Marco Morabito ^2,6

1. Institute of Bioeconomy - National Research Council (IBE-CNR), Florence, Italy, Italy

2. Centre of Bioclimatology - University of Florence (UNIFI), Florence, Italy

3. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene Department, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL), Rome, Italy

4. Physical Agents Sector, Regional Public Health Laboratory, 53100 Siena, Italy

5. Department of Epidemiology Lazio Regional Health Service, ASL ROMA 1, Rome, Italy

6. Institute of Bioeconomy - National Research Council (IBE-CNR), Florence, Italy

7. Human Potential Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117593, Singapore

8. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene Department, Italian Workers'

9. Azienda USL Toscana Centro – UFC Epidemiologia-UFS CeRIMP del Dipartimento di Prevenzione, Firenze

Abstract

COVID 19 is a major planetary emergency and intense workloads and the potential heat stress create critical conditions for healthcare workers. A web survey was carried out in Italy during summer 2020 as part of WORKLIMATE project with the aim of assessing the interaction between Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and heat stress in healthcare workers. Preliminary results on 191 questionnaires show an increase of heat stress perception in the areas covered by PPE determining symptoms such as thirst, sweating and general distress. This information could be useful to allow preventive measure to safeguard health and productivity of these workers.

Keywords

occupational health and safety

adaptation strategy

PPE

heat waves

global warming

Manuscript

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