Table 1.

Characteristics of PPE Samples Collected and Relevant Patient Clinical Data

Sample No.	Staff Type	Duration of Time, Minutes	Activity	Clinical Data of Patient
				Day of Illness	Symptomatic	Ct Value
1	Doctor	5	Examination	14	No	31.59
2	Doctor	5	Examination	9	Yes	20.80
3	Doctor	10	Communication without examination	9	Yes	20.80
4	Doctor	25	Examination	4	Yes	27.69
5	Doctor	6	Examination	8	Yes	30.7
6	Doctor	6	Examination	15	Yes	29.51
7	Doctor	8	Examination	19	Yes	30.24
8	Doctor	3	Examination	19	No	29.86
9	Doctor	11	Examination	15	No	31.4
10	Doctor	7	Examination	18	No	28.32
11	Doctor	5	Examination	14	Yes	29.02
12	Doctor	15	Examination	8	Yes	27.86
13	Doctor	20	Examination	8	Yes	27.86
14	Doctor	6	Examination	12	Yes	36.95
15	Doctor	10	Examination	10	No	31.33
16	Nurse	7	Collecting respiratory specimen	14	No	31.59
17	Nurse	5	Administering medications and communicating with patient	4	Yes	27.69
18	Nurse	18	Blood taking and communicating with patient	8	Yes	30.7
19	Nurse	19	Blood taking and collecting respiratory specimen	8	Yes	30.7
20	Nurse	4	Changing of wrist tag and collection of stool sample	15	Yes	29.51
21	Nurse	5	Collecting respiratory sample	18	No	28.32
22	Nurse	7	Collecting respiratory sample	19	Yes	30.24
23	Nurse	10	Administering medications	8	Yes	27.86
24	Nurse	5	Administering medications	20	Yes	29.91
25	Nurse	5	Monitoring vitals	15	Yes	32.23
26	Cleaner	5	Cleaning of high-touch areas	14	No	31.59
27	Cleaner	7	Cleaning of high-touch areas	9	Yes	20.80
28	Cleaner	2	Clearing trash	18	No	28.32
29	Cleaner	3	Clearing trash	15	No	31.4
30	Cleaner	3	Clearing trash	19	No	29.86

Note. Ct, cycle threshold. Cycle threshold refers to the number of cycles required for the fluorescent signal to cross the threshold in RT-PCR; a lower cycle threshold value indicates a higher viral load.