Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
Infection Control
SARS Transmission among Hospital Workers in Hong Kong
Joseph T.F. Lau*
, Kitty S. Fung*, Tze Wai Wong*, Jean H. Kim*, Eric Wong*, Sydney Chung*, Deborah Ho*, Louis Y. Chan*, S.F. Lui†, and Augustine Cheng*
, Kitty S. Fung*, Tze Wai Wong*, Jean H. Kim*, Eric Wong*, Sydney Chung*, Deborah Ho*, Louis Y. Chan*, S.F. Lui†, and Augustine Cheng*
Table 3
Percentages with perceived inadequacy of personal protection equipment supply and breakthrough SARS infection among hospital workersa
| Type of personal protection equipment | Control (n = 143) |
Case (n = 72) |
Matched OR
(exact 95% CI) |
p value
(exact) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Surgical mask |
1 |
0.7 |
14 |
19.4 |
28.00 (4.26 to ∞) |
<0.0001 |
| N95 mask |
13 |
9.1 |
20 |
27.8 |
5.19 (1.95 to 16.13) |
0.0004 |
| Gown |
7 |
4.9 |
19 |
26.4 |
8.44 (2.77 to 34.37) |
<0.0001 |
| Gloves |
2 |
1.4 |
12 |
16.7 |
29.34 (4.79 to ∞) |
<0.0001 |
| Goggles |
5 |
3.5 |
22 |
30.6 |
19.81 (4.83 to 174.55) |
<0.0001 |
| Cap |
4 |
2.8 |
21 |
29.2 |
52.41 (9.08 to ∞) |
<0.0001 |
| Any one of above as inadequateb |
20 |
14.0 |
32 |
44.4 |
6.78 (2.86 to 18.51) |
<0.0001 |
| No. of items identified to be inadequateb |
||||||
| 0 |
123 |
86.0 |
40 |
55.6 |
1.00 |
|
| 1–2 |
18 |
12.6 |
13 |
18.1 |
3.25 (1.17 to 9.80) |
0.0209 |
| 3 | 2 | 1.4 | 19 | 26.4 | 52.24 (7.70 to 2280.07) | <0.0001 |
aSARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
bIncluding N95 mask, goggle, gown, gloves and cap
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