Table 4.
Proportion of perceived PPE shortages, by ISN region
| Perceived shortages | 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 | 342 | 69 | 41 | 55 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 51 | 18 | 26 | 29 |
| Particulate-air filter respirators (e.g., N95 masks), % | |||||||||||
| No shortage | 39 | 15 | 55 | 35 | 50 | 58 | 30 | 41 | 100 | 32 | 41 |
| Moderate shortage | 38 | 44 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 52 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 35 |
| Severe shortage | 14 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Not available (before or during pandemic) | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| Surgical mask, % | |||||||||||
| No shortage | 72 | 54 | 76 | 67 | 80 | 90 | 74 | 80 | 89 | 81 | 76 |
| Moderate shortage | 22 | 39 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 17 |
| Severe shortage | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Not available (before or during pandemic) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gloves, % | |||||||||||
| No shortage | 80 | 73 | 85 | 78 | 80 | 90 | 74 | 86 | 94 | 77 | 72 |
| Moderate shortage | 17 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 |
| Severe shortage | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Not available (before or during pandemic) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eye protection, % | |||||||||||
| No shortage | 63 | 35 | 66 | 71 | 60 | 65 | 35 | 78 | 94 | 89 | 66 |
| Moderate shortage | 25 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 40 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 17 |
| Severe shortage | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Not available (before or during pandemic) | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Isolation gown, % | |||||||||||
| No shortage | 58 | 25 | 66 | 57 | 60 | 80 | 39 | 73 | 100 | 69 | 66 |
| Moderate shortage | 31 | 45 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 52 | 26 | 0 | 31 | 28 |
| Severe shortage | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Not available (before or during pandemic) | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plastic apron, % | |||||||||||
| No shortage | 57 | 42 | 62 | 58 | 60 | 67 | 48 | 76 | 88 | 33 | 50 |
| Moderate shortage | 22 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Severe shortage | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Not available (before or during pandemic) | 16 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 21 |
DOPPS, Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study; E&C Europe, Eastern and Central Europe; 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.
Shortage related to any time during the pandemic. No definition of moderate and severe was provided. Answers reference the entire pandemic period as of the survey completion date: November 2020 to March 2021. This question was not included in the initial DOPPS survey and is therefore unavailable for China-DOPPS. “Moderate” and “severe” were not predefined in the survey.