Table 8. Validations and utilization of 3DP personal protective equipment: the 3DP Face Shield Research Study.
3DP: 3D printed
# | Question | Response options |
1 | Organization ID* You will have received this in the email along with the link to this survey | Numeric value 1–200 |
2 | Organization type* | Multiple Choice: Hospital Department/In-Patient Healthcare Facility Urgent Care Centre or Emergency Department Outpatient Medical Clinic Long-term Care, Nursing Home or Homeless Shelter Pharmacy Allied Health Centre (PT, OT, Optom, Nutrition) Food Bank Educational or Daycare Facility First Responders Other: (free text, 100 characters) |
3 | Frontline worker type (Please include your discipline/subspecialty)*, e.g., physician, nurse, pharmacist, social worker, physiotherapist, optometrist, personal support worker, food bank volunteer, administrative staff, etc. | Free text, 100 characters |
4 | How many patients/clients do you interact with per day, on average?* | Multiple choice: 1–10, 10–50, 50–200, 200+, other (free text, 100 characters) |
5 | How many frontline workers does your organization have? | Multiple choice: 1–10, 10–50, 50–200, 200+, other: (free text, 100 characters) |
6–15 | Regarding the 3DP face shield, please rate your perceived level of*: Comfort, Stability, Visibility, Durability, Protectiveness, Ease of Assembly/Disassembly, Portability, Ability to Communicate, Compatibility With Other PPE (masks, caps, etc), Sterile Field Compatibility | Likert scale, 1 (worst) to 5 (best) or n/a |
16 | Relative face shield preference | Likert scale, 1 (conventional preferred), 3 (equally preferred), 5 (3DP face shield preferred) |