Table 2.
Status of PPE use among doctors and midwives during labor of women without symptoms of COVID‐19
| Total | Full PPE † of doctor | P‐value* | Full PPEa of midwife | P‐value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Not full | Full | Not full | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| 21 | 7.1 | 273 | 92.9 | 20 | 6.8 | 274 | 93.2 | |||
| Annual number of deliveries | ||||||||||
| ≤350 | 4 | 4.2 | 90 | 95.8 | 4 | 4.2 | 90 | 95.8 | ||
| 351–500 | 12 | 16.7 | 60 | 83.3 | 0.660 | 11 | 15.3 | 61 | 84.7 | 0.567 |
| 501–700 | 2 | 3.2 | 60 | 96.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 59 | 95.2 | ||
| ≥701 | 3 | 4.5 | 63 | 95.5 | 2 | 3.0 | 64 | 97.0 | ||
| General PMCC | 7 | 9.1 | 70 | 90.9 | 5 | 6.5 | 72 | 93.5 | ||
| Regional PMCC | 9 | 9.0 | 91 | 91.0 | 0.299 | 9 | 9.0 | 91 | 91.0 | 0.525 |
| Others | 5 | 4.3 | 112 | 95.7 | 6 | 5.1 | 111 | 94.9 | ||
| University hospital | 4 | 4.9 | 77 | 95.1 | 0.365 | 3 | 3.7 | 78 | 96.3 | 0.193 |
| Others | 17 | 8.0 | 196 | 92.0 | 17 | 8.0 | 196 | 92.0 | ||
| Hokkaido | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 100 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 100 | ||
| Tohoku | 1 | 6.7 | 14 | 93.3 | 1 | 6.7 | 14 | 93.3 | ||
| Kanto | 6 | 6.3 | 89 | 93.7 | 6 | 6.3 | 89 | 93.7 | ||
| Chubu | 3 | 7.5 | 37 | 92.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 37 | 92.5 | ||
| Kinki | 5 | 8.3 | 55 | 91.7 | 0.599 | 4 | 6.7 | 56 | 93.3 | 0.588 |
| Chugoku | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 100 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 100 | ||
| Shikoku | 1 | 8.3 | 11 | 91.7 | 1 | 8.3 | 11 | 91.7 | ||
| Kyushu | 5 | 13.9 | 31 | 86.1 | 5 | 13.9 | 31 | 86.1 | ||
| Special warning area ‡ | 12 | 6.4 | 175 | 93.6 | 0.523 | 10 | 5.3 | 177 | 94.7 | 0.190 |
| Others | 9 | 8.4 | 98 | 91.6 | 10 | 9.3 | 97 | 90.7 | ||
*
Chi‐square test or Fisher's exact test.
†
Full PPE is gown‐type or one‐piece prevention wear, N95 masks, goggles, double gloves, caps, and shoe covers.
‡
Tokyo, Osaka, Hokkaido, Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Ishikawa, Gifu, Aichi, Kyoto, Hyogo, Fukuoka.
COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; PMCC: Perinatal Maternal and Child Care Center, PPE: personal protective equipment.