Supplementary Table 1.
Condensed Survey Results by Type of Endoscopy Unit
| n (%) | Type of endoscopy, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary | Bronchoscopy | Gastrointestinal | ||
| Responses | 656 (100) | 113 (17.2) | 105 (16) | 438 (66.7) |
| Cancellations | ||||
| None or <20% | 128 (19.5) | 15 (13.3) | 34 (32.3) | 79 (18.1) |
| >20% to <40% | 125 (19.1) | 16 (14.2) | 17 (16.2) | 92 (21) |
| >40% to <60% | 177 (27) | 43 (38.1) | 25 (23.8) | 109 (24.9) |
| >60% to 100% | 225 (34.3) | 39 (34.5) | 29 (27.6) | 157 (35.8) |
| Measures applied | ||||
| Separation and structural conditionsa | ||||
| Ideal | 15 (2.3) | 5 (4.4) | 5 (4.8) | 5 (1.1) |
| Complete | 118 (18) | 25 (22.1) | 23 (21.9) | 70 (16) |
| Partial | 308 (47) | 62 (54.9) | 44 (41.9) | 202 (46.1) |
| None | 215 (32.8) | 21 (18.6) | 33 (31.4) | 161 (36.8) |
| Staff | ||||
| Availability of second team | 261 (39.8) | 57 (50.4) | 57 (54.3) | 147 (33.6) |
| Routine staff swabs | 36 (5.5) | 9 (8) | 10 (9.5) | 17 (3.9) |
| Identification of staff at risk | 299 (45.6) | 70 (61.9) | 52 (49.5) | 177 (40.4) |
| Special deployment of staff at risk | 252 (84.3) | 56 (80) | 40 (76.9) | 156 (88.1) |
| Infectiology consultation | 404 (61.6) | 94 (83.2) | 85 (81) | 225 (51.4) |
| Procedural measures | ||||
| Patient risk assessment | 599 (91.3) | 104 (92) | 100 (95.2) | 395 (90.2) |
| Swabs on patients | 99 (15.1) | 28 (24.8) | 34 (32.4) | 37 (8.4) |
| Risk adapted PPE use | 558 (85.1) | 107 (94.7) | 89 (84.8) | 362 (82.6) |
| COVID-19 staff training | 584 (89) | 105 (92.9) | 96 (91.4) | 383 (87.4) |
| Structured follow-up | 59 (9) | 11 (9.7) | 11 (10.5) | 37 (8.4) |
| Expectations for the future | ||||
| Shortages of PPE | ||||
| (Highly) probable | 533 (81.3) | 86 (76.1) | 78 (74.2) | 369 (84.3) |
| No opinion | 18 (2.7) | 7 (6.2) | 4 (3.8) | 7 (1.6) |
| (Highly) improbable | 105 (16) | 20 (17.7) | 23 (21.9) | 62 (14.2) |
| Shortages of staff | ||||
| (Highly) probable | 451 (68.8) | 73 (64.6) | 71 (67.7) | 307 (70.1) |
| No opinion | 40 (6.1) | 4 (3.5) | 8 (7.6) | 28 (6.4) |
| (Highly) improbable | 165 (25.2) | 36 (31.9) | 26 (24.8) | 103 (23.5) |
| Financial losses threatening economic survival | ||||
| (Highly) probable | 508 (77.4) | 85 (75.2) | 66 (62.8) | 357 (81.5) |
| No opinion | 37 (5.6) | 7 (6.2) | 9 (8.6) | 21 (4.8) |
| (Highly) improbable | 111 (16.9) | 21 (18.6) | 30 (28.6) | 60 (13.7) |
a
Ideal separation was given when, aside from full spatial separability, endoscopic procedures were performed in a separated negative pressure room.