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. 2021 Sep 20;13(9):e18141. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18141

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)