Table 2.
Protective equipment (PPE) included in national or local COVID-19 guidelines.
| No. (%) of respondents | Comparison between regions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Americas | East Mediterranean | Europe | Southeast Asia | Western Pacific | P-value | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Face mask | n = 267 | |||||||
| FFP1 | 6 (2.25) | 2 (2.35) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.41) | 1 (1.54) | 0 (0) | 0.16 |
| N95/FFP2 | 120 (44.94) | 36 (42.35) | 13 (52) | 7 (70) | 38 (55.88) | 20 (30.77) | 6 (42.86) | <0.001 |
| Respirators | 21 (7.87) | 8 (9.41) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 12 (17.65) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Surgical mask and N95/FFP2 | 39 (14.61) | 1 (1.18) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.94) | 33 (50.77) | 2 (14.29) | <0.001 |
| Surgical mask | 77 (28.84) | 36 (42.35) | 10 (40) | 3 (30) | 11 (16.18) | 11 (16.92) | 6 (42.86) | <0.001 |
| Other | 4 (1.5) | 2 (2.35) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.94) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Gown type | n = 242 | |||||||
| Short-sleeved plastic | 27 (11.16) | 4 (5.41) | 2 (9.09) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.59) | 20 (33.33) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Long-sleeved water repellent | 170 (70.25) | 52 (70.27) | 20 (90.91) | 8 (88.89) | 55 (87.3) | 23 (38.33) | 12 (85.71) | <0.001 |
| Coverall | 29 (11.98) | 18 (24.32) | 0 (0) | 1 (11.11) | 7 (11.11) | 1 (1.67) | 2 (14.29) | <0.001 |
| Long-sleeved water resistant and short-sleeved plastic | 16 (6.61) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 16 (26.67) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Cap type | n = 181 | |||||||
| Cap covering the head and neck | 79 (43.65) | 44 (67.69) | 4 (50) | 2 (40) | 19 (45.24) | 6 (10.53) | 4 (100) | <0.001 |
| Cap covering the head only | 102 (56.35) | 21 (32.31) | 4 (50) | 3 (60) | 23 (54.76) | 51 (89.47) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Eye protection | n = 241 | |||||||
| ‘Ski’ googles | 68 (28.22) | 17 (23.29) | 5 (22.73) | 1 (10) | 15 (23.44) | 29 (48.33) | 1 (8.33) | <0.001 |
| Face shield | 135 (56.02) | 47 (64.38) | 8 (36.36) | 8 (80) | 37 (57.81) | 28 (46.67) | 7 (58.33) | <0.001 |
| Other | 38 (15.77) | 9 (12.33) | 9 (40.91) | 1 (10) | 12 (18.75) | 3 (5) | 4 (33.33) | <0.001 |
| Gloves | n = 274 | |||||||
| No gloves | 8 (2.92) | 3 (3.23) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.41) | 1 (1.59) | 0 (0) | 0.22 |
| Double gloving | 48 (17.52) | 28 (30.11) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (10) | 14 (20.59) | 2 (3.17) | 2 (15.38) | <0.001 |
| Single pair disposable | 218 (79.56) | 62 (66.67) | 25 (92.59) | 9 (90) | 51 (75) | 60 (95.24) | 11 (84.62) | <0.001 |
| Shoe cover | n = 275 | |||||||
| Shoe and lower leg cover | 50 (18.18) | 30 (32.26) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (16.18) | 5 (7.81) | 4 (30.77) | <0.001 |
| Shoe cover | 99 (36) | 30 (32.26) | 6 (22.22) | 2 (20) | 16 (23.53) | 45 (70.31) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| No shoe cover | 126 (45.82) | 33 (35.49) | 21 (77.77) | 8 (80) | 41 (60.29) | 14 (21.87) | 9 (69.23) | <0.001 |
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; PAPR, powered air-purifying respirators.