Table 2.
RPD Type Used in Health Care Facilities by Census Region
| 2014 n (%)a | 2015 n (%)a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in region (n = 322) | N95 FFR (n = 314) | PAPR (n = 299) | EHFR (n = 290) | Total in region (n = 232) | N95 FFR (n = 232) | PAPR (n = 225) | EHFR (n = 220) | |
| Northeast | 47 (14.6) | 45 (97.8) | 28 (65.1) | 14 (35.0) | 50 (21.6) | 50 (100) | 34 (69.4) | 17 (35.4) |
| Midwest | 113 (35.1) | 102 (91.9) | 95 (88.0) | 33 (31.1) | 64 (27.6) | 60 (93.8) | 53 (84.1) | 16 (25.8) |
| South | 89 (27.6) | 84 (96.6) | 54 (67.5) | 20 (25.0) | 68 (29.3) | 66 (97.1) | 45 (68.2) | 13 (20.6) |
| West | 73 (22.7) | 65 (92.9) | 57 (83.8) | 22 (34.4) | 50 (21.6) | 45 (91.8) | 41 (87.2) | 11 (23.4) |
| Total | 322 (100) | 296 (94.3) | 234 (78.3) | 89 (30.7) | 232 (100) | 230 (99.6) | 173 (76.9) | 57 (25.9) |
| p value | .34 | .0007b | .576 | .18 | .03b | .34 | ||
Note. RPD = respiratory protective devices; FFR = filtering facepiece respirators; PAPR = powered air-purifying respirators; EHFR = elastomeric half-facepiece respirators.
a
n = the number of respondents for that question, participants responded for each respirator type separately (see Table 4, Questions 2, 5, and 8).
b
Significant.