Table 3

Descriptions of and associations (A) between ‘knows how to decontaminate’ and ‘has sufficient supplies of PPE’*, (B) between ‘knows how to decontaminate’ and ‘isolation room in clinic’ among those with sufficient supplies of PPE†, and (C) between ‘knows how to decontaminate’ and ‘isolation room in clinic’ among those without sufficient supplies of PPE‡

Sufficient PPE: yesSufficient PPE: noTotal
n (%)n (%)
(A)
 Knows how to decontaminate: yes46 (35.6)27 (64.4)73 (100)
 Knows how to decontaminate: no16 (40.7)11 (59.3)27 (100)
 Total6238100 (100)
Isolation room: yesIsolation room: noTotal
n (%)n (%)
(B)
 Knows how to decontaminate: yes28 (59.6)19 (40.4)16 (100)
 Knows how to decontaminate: no8 (50.0)8 (50.0)47 (100)
 Total362763 (100)
Isolation room: yesIsolation room: noTotal
n (%)n (%)
(C)
 Knows how to decontaminate: yes11 (43.3)15 (57.7)26 (100)
 Knows how to decontaminate: no4 (36.4)7 (63.6)11 (100)
 Total152237 (100)
  • *Exact p value for the null hypothesis of no association between ‘knows how to decontaminate’ and ‘has sufficient PPE’: p=0.65.

  • †Exact p value for the null hypothesis of no association between ‘knows how to decontaminate’ and ‘isolation room in clinic’ among those with sufficient supplies of PPE: p=0.57.

  • ‡Exact p value for the null hypothesis of no association between ‘knows how to decontaminate’ and ‘isolation room in clinic’ among those without sufficient supplies of PPE: p=1.0.

  • PPE, personal protective equipment.