Table 4 Use of PPE during last interaction with a patient by healthcare professionals (n = 1080)
Characteristics | Last used PPE, % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glove | Gown | Facemask | N95 respirator | Eye protection | Hair cover | |
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 90.9 | 72.2 | 83.7 | 27.0 | 18.3 | 15.0 |
 Female | 88.5 | 70.1 | 86.7 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 19.4 |
 P-value | 0.208 | 0.461 | 0.152 | 0.007 | 0.853 | 0.053 |
Professional category | ||||||
 Physician | 93.4 | 68.4 | 89.3 | 24.2 | 14.3 | 12.7 |
 Intern | 94.7 | 65.8 | 94.7 | 21.9 | 15.8 | 5.3 |
 Nurse | 89.5 | 73.1 | 81.3 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 22.4 |
 Midwife | 93.7 | 71.2 | 84.7 | 25.2 | 34.2 | 28.8 |
 Othera | 79.2 | 73.2 | 83.6 | 24.6 | 12.6 | 12.0 |
 P-value | < 0.001 | 0.453 | 0.002 | 0.939 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Department/Unit | ||||||
 OB/GYN | 96.3 | 70.6 | 87.8 | 19.3 | 24.6 | 20.3 |
 Surgical | 96.0 | 71.3 | 84.0 | 32.0 | 24.0 | 27.3 |
 Pediatrics | 87.3 | 69.0 | 86.6 | 23.2 | 16.2 | 9.2 |
 Medical | 89.9 | 75.5 | 89.9 | 19.4 | 14.4 | 10.8 |
 OPD/Screening/Triage | 79.6 | 75.2 | 80.3 | 22.6 | 15.3 | 11.7 |
 Emergency | 93.4 | 81.3 | 91.2 | 20.9 | 17.6 | 14.3 |
 Anesthesia/OR/IC | 94.3 | 59.2 | 86.4 | 30.7 | 22.7 | 38.6 |
 Otherb | 80.8 | 66.4 | 78.1 | 21.9 | 12.3 | 11.6 |
 P-value | < 0.001 | 0.034 | 0.036 | 0.090 | 0.032 | < 0.001 |
Hospitalc | ||||||
 TASH | 94.7 | 74.2 | 87.5 | 24.2 | 13.6 | 22.0 |
 ZMH | 85.5 | 62.8 | 84.9 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 13.4 |
 GMH | 93.0 | 79.1 | 91.3 | 8.7 | 20.0 | 16.5 |
 Y12HMC | 84.5 | 81.1 | 90.5 | 28.4 | 12.8 | 13.5 |
 MH | 89.4 | 72.0 | 77.0 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 6.8 |
 SPHMMC | 88.6 | 62.3 | 82.3 | 40.9 | 37.3 | 25.5 |
 P-value | 0.006 | < 0.001 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Overall use of PPE | 89.6 | 71.1 | 85.3 | 23.4 | 18.5 | 17.3 |