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. 2020 Sep;24(9):809–816. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23550

Supplementary Table 2.

Safety measures for decreasing exposure and health risk to HCWs on COVID duty

Family visitation/communication strategies for COVID patients
    No family visit allowed 54%
    Video conferencing 17%
    Brief visits in full PPE 6%
    Not decided/no changes 23%
Showering/shampooing after caring for a COVID patient
    Only if PPE was breached 12%
    Immediately after every single patient-contact episode 8%
    Only at the end of your shift/after reaching home 55%
    No advice/guideline given 20%
    Limited bathrooms available 5%
“Buddy-system” mandatory every time to check donning and doffing
    Mandatory every time to check donning and doffing 33%
    To check donning and doffing, but not always 15%
    Not mandatory (ad hoc) 44%
    Never 8%
PPE re-use
    Never reuse 72%
    Reuse simple surgical mask 20%
    Reuse N95 18%
    Wash and reuse face shields 23%
    Reuse masks and face shields after ETO/plasma sterilization 23%
Specialized “COVID intubation team”
    Yes—anesthetists 53%
    Yes—senior intensivist 14%
    No specified airway team 33%