Table 3.
Proportion of use of different types of PPE worn by HD staff, by ISN region
| Types of PPE | All | ISN region |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | E&C Europe | W Europe | Middle East | NIS & Russia | S Asia | Oceania & SE Asia | NE Asia | N America & Caribbean | Latin America | ||
| n facilities | 381 | 70 | 41 | 55 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 51 | 56 | 26 | 29 |
| Particulate-air filter respirators (e.g., N95 masks), % | |||||||||||
| For direct contact—with all patients | 36 | 32 | 44 | 48 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 52 |
| For direct contact—only for patients with suspected/confirmed cases | 51 | 52 | 51 | 40 | 67 | 53 | 48 | 47 | 67 | 58 | 33 |
| Not available in this dialysis unit | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| Available but not used | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Surgical mask, % | |||||||||||
| For direct contact—with all patients | 89 | 90 | 89 | 79 | 80 | 100 | 96 | 90 | 90 | 96 | 83 |
| For direct contact—only for patients with suspected/confirmed cases | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Not available in this dialysis unit | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Available but not used | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gloves, % | |||||||||||
| For direct contact—with all patients | 84 | 93 | 90 | 67 | 60 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 80 | 81 | 83 |
| For direct contact—only for patients with suspected/confirmed cases | 15 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
| Not available in this dialysis unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Available but not used | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eye protection, % | |||||||||||
| For direct contact—with all patients | 63 | 45 | 71 | 59 | 44 | 70 | 43 | 84 | 51 | 92 | 79 |
| For direct contact—only for patients with suspected/confirmed cases | 30 | 32 | 27 | 40 | 56 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 47 | 8 | 14 |
| Not available in this dialysis unit | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Available but not used | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isolation gown, % | |||||||||||
| For direct contact—with all patients | 47 | 25 | 49 | 28 | 63 | 70 | 30 | 75 | 32 | 77 | 79 |
| For direct contact—only for patients with suspected/confirmed cases | 46 | 56 | 49 | 67 | 38 | 30 | 61 | 22 | 64 | 19 | 21 |
| Not available in this dialysis unit | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Available but not used | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Plastic apron,% | |||||||||||
| For direct contact—with all patients | 45 | 38 | 50 | 40 | 20 | 33 | 71 | 71 | 43 | 26 | 26 |
| For direct contact—only for patients with suspected/confirmed cases | 31 | 35 | 33 | 45 | 50 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 9 | 44 |
| Not available in this dialysis unit | 16 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 30 |
| Available but not used | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
DOPPS, Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study; E&C Europe, Eastern and Central Europe; HD, hemodialysis; N America & Caribbean, North America and Caribbean; NE Asia, North East Asia; NIS & Russia, Newly Independent States and Russia; PPE, personal protective equipment; S Asia, South Asia; SE Asia & Oceania, South East Asia and Oceania; W Europe, Western Europe.
Answers reference the entire pandemic period as of the survey completion date: November 2020 to March 2021 for all countries except China-DOPPS (May 2020/June 2020).