Table 3.
Information of Health Care Workers Regarding Their Exposure to Confirmed or Suspected Covid-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital (N = 256).
| COVID unit |
Non-COVID unit |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 177 |
n = 79 |
||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| HCWs who had patients on respiratory support* | |||
| Ventilator | 75 (42.4) | 54 (68.4) | <.001 |
| Oxygen | 101 (57.1) | 35 (44.3) | .05 |
| Nebulization | 9 (5.1) | 17 (21.5) | <.001 |
| None of the above | 48 (28.1) | 7 (15.9) | |
| HCWs in close contact (within 1 m) with the patient | 135 (76.3) | 65 (82.3) | .28 |
| Duration of Exposure$ | <.001 | ||
| 5 min | 93 (68.9) | 22 (33.8) | |
| 5-15 min | 29 (21.5) | 34 (52.3) | |
| >15 min | 13 (9.6) | 9 (13.8) | |
| PPE worn by HCWs | <.001 | ||
| Respirator, face shield, googles, gown, coverall, head cover, shoe cover | 177 (100) | 34 (43.0) | |
| Medical mask, gown, gloves | 0 | 36 (45.6) | |
| Respirator, gown, gloves, goggles | 0 | 7 (8.9) | |
| Medical mask only | 0 | 2 (2.5) | |
| HCWs involved in any aerosol generating procedures performed on the patient | 27 (15.3) | 12 (15.2) | .50 |
| HCWs in contact with the patient’s body fluid | 42 (23.7) | 20 (25.3) | .78 |
| HCWs had direct contact with patient’s materials since his/her admission | 120 (67.8) | 70 (88.6) | <.001 |
| HCWs had contact with patient’s surface | 110 (62.1) | 51 (64.6) | .71 |
*
Multiple response.
$
Percentage is calculated out of 135 and 65 among Covid unit and Non-Covid unit respectively.