The authors regret errors were present in the published article. Counts of some of the adverse events were erroneous.
Changes to the text include.
Last sentence of the abstract should read.
Adverse effects of PPE included heat (1266, 51%), thirst (1174, 47%), pressure areas (1088, 44%), headaches (696, 28%), Inability to use the bathroom (661, 27%) and extreme exhaustion (492, 20%). All but pressure areas were associated with longer shift durations.
Last sentence of the results section of the manuscript should read.
All but pressure areas were associated with longer duration of shifts wearing PPE (Table 4).
Table 4.
Univariate logistic regression of duration of PPE-clad shift on adverse effects experienced by HCWs. The odds ratio represents the change in odds of having the adverse effect with every 1-h increase in PPE-clad shift duration.
| Adverse effect | OR (per 1 h shift duration) | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | 1.19 | 1.14 | 1.25 | <0.001 |
| Extreme exhaustion | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.14 | <0.001 |
| Inability to use bathroom | 1.22 | 1.18 | 1.26 | <0.001 |
| Headaches | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.11 | <0.001 |
| Thirst | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.14 | <0.001 |
| Heat | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.05 | 0.04 |
| Pressure areas | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.19 |
Table 1 the total number of community/urban type of hospital should read 740 instead of 741.
Updated Table 3, Table 4 should read as below:
Table 3.
PPE-Shift duration denotes the amount of time in hours that theHCWiswearing PPE without the ability to take a break. Data expressed in n(%).
| PPE-Shift duration: | <3 h n = 727 |
3–5.9 h n = 1097 |
6–8.9 h n = 524 |
>9 h n = 128 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any adverse effects | 489, (67%) | 930, (85%) | 459, (88%) | 108, (84%) |
| Extreme exhaustion | 86, (12%) | 216, (20%) | 149, (28%) | 41, (32%) |
| Inability to use the bathroom | 72, (10%) | 298, (27%) | 226, (43%) | 65, (51%) |
| Headaches | 127, (17%) | 345, (31%) | 174, (33%) | 50, (39%) |
| Thirst | 231, (32%) | 587, (54%) | 275, (52%) | 81, (63%) |
| Heat | 319, (44%) | 591, (54%) | 286, (55%) | 70, (55%) |
| Pressure areas | 253, (35%) | 546, (50%) | 237, (45%) | 52, (41%) |
| Other | 17, (2%) | 16, (1%) | 12, (2%) | 2, (2%) |
The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.