Table 1.

Protective Measures in the Survey and Staff Responses

Measure	Important: score 2	Critical: score 3	Rated important or critical: score 2 or 3	Mean Scorea	Not sure /don’t know	Endoscopists scoring 2 or 3, %	Other staff scoring 2 or 3, %	P value, endoscopists compared to staff	Total score from ranking 3 most important factorsb
Drivers not allowed to enter endoscopy area	52c	25c	77c	2.0	18c	80	76	.681	16
Drivers not allowed in the building	31	7	38	1.3	14	40	37.3	.812	6
Patients wear surgical mask from initial contact until discharge except when required	48	44	92	2.4	2	100	89.3	.195	58
All staff wear surgical masks at all times	37	52	89	2.4	1	100	85.3	.061	74
All staff in procedure rooms are provided N-95 masks	31	52	83	2.4	8	100	77.3	.006	95
All patients are screened for fever	21	72	93	2.7	—	92	93.3	1	52
All patients are screened for symptoms of COVID-19	24	74	98	2.7	—	100	97.3	1	80
All patients are screened for exposure to COVID-19	37	53	90	2.4	2	84	92	.263	13
All patients undergo rapid (15 min) point-of-care testing for COVID-19; positives are not allowed to enter	38	48	86	2.4	4	96	82.7	.179	135
All staff are tested daily for COVID-19 infection	32	10	42	1.4	9	28	46.7	.101	13
All staff are tested weekly with a rapid test for COVID-19	34	36	70	2.1	6	76	68	.450	38
All procedure rooms are converted to negative pressure rooms	28	16	44	1.5	18	36	46.7	.352	4
All rooms are allowed to sit for 30 minutes after cleaning before next patient enters	28	16	44	1.6	20	52	41.3	.352	6

^aMean response score among those who did not respond not sure/don’t know.

^bWhen respondents were asked to rank up to 3 measures as most critical, the highest-ranked measure was given a score of 3, and any second- and third-ranked measures received scores of 2 and 1, respectively. This column is the sum of all top 3 ranking scores for all 100 respondents.

^cNumber of respondents with a given response. The number scoring no value (score 0) or little value (score 1) are not shown.