Table 2.
Availability of PPE and training of healthcare workers and their associated risk to COVID-19 infection.
| COVID-19 status |
Missing dataa (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |||
| Total = 673 | Total = 174 | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Availability of PPEb | ||||
| Alcohol-based hand rub | 615 (98.6) | 155 (98.7) | (7.7) | 1.13 (0.24, 5.30) |
| Soap and water | 589 (97.7) | 147 (95.5) | (10.6) | 0.50 (0.20, 1.26) |
| Surgical mask | 589 (97.4) | 151 (98.1) | (10.3) | 1.37 (0.39, 4.75) |
| Face shield | 516 (93.1) | 131 (92.3) | (16.3) | 0.88 (0.44, 1.76) |
| Gloves | 553 (95.0) | 142 (96.6) | (13.6) | 1.49 (0.57, 3.92) |
| Goggles | 405 (77.4) | 110 (80.3) | (20.1) | 1.19 (0.74, 1.90) |
| Gown | 501 (91.4) | 129 (93.5) | (17.7) | 1.34 (0.64, 2.82) |
| Coverall | 346 (71.5) | 90 (75.0) | (26.0) | 1.20 (0.76, 1.89) |
| Headcover | 441 (86.1) | 117 (90.7) | (22.0) | 1.57 (0.82, 2.99) |
| Shoe cover | 356 (74.3) | 94 (77.7) | (26.3) | 1.20 (0.75, 1.93) |
| N95 mask or other type of respirator | 373 (73.7) | 97 (77.0) | (23.4) | 1.19 (0.75, 1.89) |
| Training during the pandemic | ||||
| Infection prevention and control | 479 (72.2) | 127 (75.1) | (1.8) | 1.16 (0.79, 1.71) |
| Care of Covid-19 patients | 341 (51.3) | 97 (57.7) | (1.7) | 1.30 (0.92, 1.83) |
| Five recommended moments of hand hygiene | 623 (93.5) | 162 (94.7) | (1.2) | 1.24 (0.59, 2.60) |
| PPE donning and doffing | 539 (81.5) | 147 (85.5) | (1.7) | 1.33 (0.83, 2.12) |
| How to perform the N95 mask fit test | 369 (55.5) | 98 (57.3) | (1.3) | 1.08 (0.77, 1.51) |
Percentages were calculated out of available observations i.e. after exclusion of missing observations and participants who reported “not needed for my role”.
a
Missing data refers to missing observations i.e. where a participant did not respond.
b
Participants who answered always or most of the time.