Table 6:
PICU in-room masking requirements and screening for parents and support people — survey responses (n = 24)
| Factor | No. (%) of respondents | |||
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| March 2020 | August–December 2020 | |||
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| Patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection | Patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection | Patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection | Patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection | |
| Masking in patient room | ||||
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| Always | 4 (17) | 11 (46) | 10 (42) | 15 (62) |
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| Never | 17 (71) | 11 (46) | 8 (33) | 3 (12) |
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| When a health care provider is present | 2 (8) | 2 (8) | 6 (25) | 6 (25) |
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| If child is infectious | 1 (4) | NA | 0 (0) | NA |
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| Agreement, no. of pairs (% agreement)* | 5 (80) | 5 (100) | 5 (80) | 5 (80) |
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| SARS-CoV-2 screening for parents and support people† | ||||
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| Preadmission questionnaire | 20 (83) | – | – | – |
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| Hospital or PICU entry screening questionnaire | 20 (83) | – | – | – |
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| Daily PICU symptom screening | 8 (33) | – | – | – |
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| Temperature check | 3 (13) | – | – | – |
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| Admission swab | 1 (4) | – | – | – |
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| Agreement, no. of pairs (% agreement)* | 5 (60) | – | – | – |
Note: NA = not applicable, PICU = pediatric intensive care unit.
*
Physician chief and operations manager pairs from the same unit for which both provided an answer to the given variable.
†
Respondents could choose more than 1 screening method.