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Advancement of Nonwoven Fabrics in Personal Protective Equipment

Materials, 2023
While nonwoven fabrics have existed for several decades, their usage in personal protective equipment (PPE) has been met with a rapid surge of demands, in part due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
D. Venkataraman, Elnaz Shabani, J. H. Park   +2 more
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A high-performance framework for personal protective equipment detection on the offshore drilling platform

Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2023
In order for the offshore drilling platform to operate properly, workers need to perform regular maintenance on the platform equipment, but the complex working environment exposes workers to hazards. During inspection and maintenance, the use of personal
Xiaofeng Ji, Faming Gong, Xiangbing Yuan, Nuanlai Wang   +3 more
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Deep learning-based framework for monitoring wearing personal protective equipment on construction sites

Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, 2023
The construction site is one of the most dangerous industries because the number of occupational injuries and fatalities is significantly higher compared to other industries.
Yeoreum Lee, Seung-Hwan Jung, Kyung-Su Kang, Han-Cheol Ryu, Hanyoung Ryu   +4 more
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Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
This study documents results of SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of environmental surfaces and personal protective equipment surrounding 3 COVID-19 patients in isolation rooms in a Singapore hospital.
S. Ong, Yian Kim Tan, P. Chia, Tau-Hong Lee, O. Ng, Michelle Su Yen Wong, K. Marimuthu   +6 more
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Electrospinning in personal protective equipment for healthcare work

Polymer Bulletin, 2023
Protection in many service areas is mandatory for good performance in daily activities of workers, especially health areas. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used to protect patients and health workers from contamination by harmful pathogens and ...
A. Rossin, Lucas Spessato, Fabiana da Silva Lima Cardoso, J. Caetano, W. Caetano, E. Radovanovic, D. Dragunski   +6 more
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The efficiency of nuisance relief by filtering facepiece respirators used by workers exposed to agricultural odours

Medycyna Pracy, 2023
Background The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) in reducing odour nuisances in agricultural work environment.
Małgorzata Okrasa, Katarzyna Majchrzycka, Justyna Szulc, Katarzyna Pielech-Przybylska   +3 more
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Contamination of UK firefighters personal protective equipment and workplaces

Scientific Reports, 2023
Firefighters’ personal protective equipment (PPE) is a potential source of chronic exposure to toxic contaminants commonly released from fires. These contaminants have also been found in fire stations.
Taylor A M Wolffe, Anna Clinton, Andrew Robinson, Louisa Turrell, A. Stec   +4 more
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Preliminary Experimental Investigation of Cut-Resistant Materials: A Biomimetic Perspective

AUTEX Research Journal, 2021
The objective of the work was the preliminary experimental investigation of cut-resistant materials including a biomimetic perspective. The effects of the cutting were expressed as static and dynamic cut resistance of the following materials: knitted ...
Kropidłowska Paulina, Irzmańska Emilia, Sawicki Jacek   +2 more
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PPE detector: a YOLO-based architecture to detect personal protective equipment (PPE) for construction sites

PeerJ Computer Science, 2022
With numerous countermeasures, the number of deaths in the construction industry is still higher compared to other industries. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is constantly being improved to avoid these accidents, although workers intentionally or ...
M. Ferdous, Sk. Md. Masudul Ahsan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fast Personal Protective Equipment Detection for Real Construction Sites Using Deep Learning Approaches

Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2021
The existing deep learning-based Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) detectors can only detect limited types of PPE and their performance needs to be improved, particularly for their deployment on real construction sites.
Zijian Wang, Yimin Wu, Lichao Yang, Arjun Thirunavukarasu, Colin Evison, Yifan Zhao   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source