Table 2. Supply of personal protection equipment (PPE) in emergency departments by hospital level and type.
| PPE | Hospital level |
Hospital type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (%), n = 15 | B (%), n = 28 | C (%), n = 57 | p value | Public (%), n = 30 | Private (%), n = 70 | p value | |
| Basic PPE | |||||||
| Head or shoe covers | 13 (87) | 25 (89) | 52 (91) | 0.862 | 27 (90) | 63 (90) | 1.000 |
| Goggles | 12 (80) | 21 (75) | 46 (81) | 0.529 | 27 (90) | 52 (74) | 0.182 |
| Face shield | 15 (100) | 25 (89) | 47 (82) | 0.182 | 26(87) | 61(87) | 0.948 |
| Gloves | 14 (93) | 24 (86) | 55 (96) | 0.187 | 27 (90) | 66 (94) | 0.425 |
| Apron | 11 (73) | 22 (79) | 42 (74) | 0.876 | 22 (73) | 53 (76) | 0.805 |
| Disposable gown | 10 (67) | 25 (89) | 35 (61) | 0.030 | 23 (77) | 47 (67) | 0.476 |
| Surgical mask | 10 (67) | 17 (61) | 38 (67) | 0.855 | 21 (70) | 44 (63) | 0.493 |
| N95 respiratory mask | 12 (80) | 23 (82) | 56 (98) | 0.014 | 26 (87) | 65 (93) | 0.322 |
| High grade PPE | |||||||
| P100/N100/FFP3 | 11 (73) | 13 (46) | 5 (9) | 0.000 | 14 (47) | 15 (21) | 0.011 |
| Powered air-purifying respirators | 6 (40) | 2 (7) | 4 (7) | 0.001 | 5 (17) | 7 (12) | 0.347 |