Table 3.

Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) endoscopy center graded personal protection standards during COVID‐19 pandemic

Work areas	Protection level	Personal protection equipment
Reservation area (behind window)	Level 1	Work cap, surgical mask, glove (when necessary)
Triage station area (open) and nurse station	Level 1	Work cap, surgical mask, glove, grown (when necessary; AAMI level 1)
Procedural room	Level 3	Work cap, N95 respirators or equivalent, face shield/goggles, impermeable protective clothing (AAMI level 3), double gloves and shoe cover
Negative operation room (for confirmed or suspected cases)	Level 3	Work cap, N95 respirators or equivalent, face shield/goggles, impermeable protective clothing (AAMI level 3), double gloves and shoe cover
Scope disinfection room	Level 3	Work cap, N95 respirators or equivalent, face shield/goggles, impermeable protective clothing (AAMI level 3), double gloves and shoe cover
Patients and their family	Level 1	Surgical masks, hands hygiene with sanitizer when entry and exit

AAMI, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019.

Note that the protection level provided here was advised by the hospital infection control office of the PUMCH based on the guideline of National Health Commission and local PPE resource: level 1 for general clinic and ward, level 2 for fever clinic, and level 3 for isolation ward for confirmed or suspected COVID‐19 cases, endoscopy center, and operation room.