Web-based survey of the importance and effectiveness of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

[...]no infection clusters were observed, presumably due to the unrestricted availability of PPE and adherence to the safety protocols. (63.9% of 10,835) (Nienhaus and Hod, 2020).Ethical statement Due to the nature of this study (anonymised web based questionnaire) no approval from an ethics committ...

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Published inIntensive & critical care nursing Vol. 63; p. 102996
Main Authors Schittek, Gregor A., Köstenberger, Markus, Allerberger, Franz, Schaden, Eva
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2021
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Disease transmission
Ethics
Gloves
Humans
Intensive care
Internet
Internet - statistics & numerical data
Masks
Medical supplies
Nurses
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Personal protective equipment
Personal Protective Equipment - statistics & numerical data
Questionnaires
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Surveys and Questionnaires - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:[...]no infection clusters were observed, presumably due to the unrestricted availability of PPE and adherence to the safety protocols. (63.9% of 10,835) (Nienhaus and Hod, 2020).Ethical statement Due to the nature of this study (anonymised web based questionnaire) no approval from an ethics committee was necessaryFunding source None.Author Agreement statement Hereby we certify that all authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript being submitted. Supplementary data 1 Supplementary data 2 Question Answers of ICUs (n = 85) ICU only for COVID 41.2% Max simultaneously COVID-19 patients 4 [1, 6] Training of donning and doffing 97,3% Training hands on 88.2% Training per video 67.1% Donning/Doffing area for the entire ICU 38.8% Donning/Doffing area for each room 52.9% FFP 2 14.0% FFP 3 86.0% Faceshields 84.2% Surgical caps 96.1% Surgical gowns 97.4% Aprons 75.0% Single gloves 16.0% Double gloves 84.0% Special PPE shoes 50.0% Other 23.7% Seropositive nurses 0 [0,1] Seropositive physicians 0 [0, 0] Table 1 Percentage and median values of experience in treating COVID-19 patients (n = 85).
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ISSN:0964-3397
1532-4036
DOI:10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102996