Plastic Waste and COVID-19 Incidence Among Hospital Staff After Deescalation in PPE Use
This quality improvement study of hospital PPE usage observed that the national PPE deescalation guidelines corresponded with the reductions in protective gown use, associated costs, carbon footprint, and plastic waste generation with no apparent compromise to staff safety and health.
Authors
- Kai Wei Chong
- Shawn Vasoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-9881)
- Oon Tek Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9569-2315)
- Kalisvar Marimuthu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0395-5633)
- Margaret Mei Ling Soon
- Sapna P. Sadarangani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-0713)
- Brenda Ang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3102-8287)
- Angela Chow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-736X)
- Stephanie Sutjipto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2922-5230)
- Jing Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-0262)
- Wei Yen Lim
- Aung Hein Aung
Institutions
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital (SG)
- National University Health System (SG)
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5264
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76