Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for the Covid-19 Pandemic Survey

The goal of this survey is to assess the readiness of ENT Services and staff in the UK to meet the demands of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We hope to gain a sense of how services are ready to manage the pandemic and how secure staff feel in the workplace.

ENT UK will use the data from this survey to draw attention to gaps in service provision, especially in relation to personal protective equipment (PPE) available to ENT surgeons, with a view to making services safer and more resilient.

With the results of this survey we hope to influence the decisions regarding the provision of Personal Protective Equipment for health-care staff. If it is found to be inadequate, we will use all available avenues to address this at a national level.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey.
Please note, this survey can only be completed once.

ENT UK Covid-19 Response Team
Deadline is midnight on Sunday 29 March 2020

1.How would your Trust’s provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP) (e.g. intubation, tracheostomy, bronchoscopy etc) in known Covid-19 positive patients be best summarised?

Visors, FFP face masks, gowns and gloves are routinely available for all AGPs

Visors, FFP face masks, gowns and gloves have restricted availability for AGPs

Only surgical face masks, gowns and gloves are provided

I don’t know what PPE equipment is available in my Trust

2.How would your Trust’s provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for aerosol generating procedures (such as intubation, tracheostomy, bronchoscopy) in patients who DO NOT HAVE confirmed Covid-19 disease be best described?

Visors, FFP face masks, gowns and gloves are routinely available

Visors, FFP face masks, gowns and gloves are occasionally provided

Surgical face masks and gloves are deemed sufficient

I do not know what the policy is in my Trust

3.Public Health England does not consider nasendosopy or laryngoscopy as aerosol generating procedures. If required to do these procedures on a Covid-19 positive patient, what protective equipment would your Trust provide?

Visors, FFP face masks, gowns and gloves are routinely available

Visors, FFP face masks, gowns and gloves are occasionally provided

Surgical face masks and gloves are deemed sufficient

I do not know what the policy is in my Trust

4.When the surge in demand for critical care reaches your Trust, how safe will you feel in your hospital?

I am confident I will be given all the protective equipment I need at the time

I am concerned for my personal safety as I am uncertain what protective equipment will be available

I am deeply concerned for my personal safety

5.In your ENT Department, who is designated to undertake emergency Aerosol Generating Procedures in Covid-19 patients?

Any ENT surgeon irrespective of subspecialty or grade if competent in the procedure

Only Head and Neck surgeons or Rhinologists should do so

Our Department has a dedicated inter-disciplinary team and protocol

We do not have a Departmental policy

6.If you were confronted with an urgent clinical condition requiring an aerosol generating procedure in a Covid-19 positive patient but personal protective equipment (PPE) was not available to you, how would you proceed?

Undertake the intervention without PPE

Delay the intervention until PPE is available if patient is stable

I would never undertake an intervention without PPE

7.With regard to your hospital Trust’s Covid-19 plan, which of the following statements reflects your assessment?

My Trust is providing the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE)

The Trust provides PPE only in selected circumstances

My Trust has shown little concern for my safety

The Trust has failed me; I feel vulnerable and exposed

8.Which of the following statements best describes your ENT Department’s engagement with your Trust’s Covid-19 Response Team?

Our service has been fully involved in the decision-making process

Our service has only been peripherally involved

We have had no engagement with the team

10.My Trust has created effective pre-treatment screening areas to identify potentially Covid-19 positive patients:

Yes

I do not know

11.My Trust has created distinct isolation zones to limit Covid-19 spread (eg ’Contaminated’, ‘Potentially Contaminated’ and ‘Clean Zones’:

Yes

I do not know

12.I have engaged in the Trust’s ‘doning and doffing’ training course:

Yes

There is no course

13.I have been fitted with FFP3 masks:

Yes

14.FFP2 masks are readily available for personal protection:

Yes

I do not know

15.I fear the supply of Personal Protective Equipment will run out:

Yes

16.No dedicated Personal Protective Equipment is available, even for aerosol generating procedures:

True

False

17.Our Trust has an agreed protocol for operating on Covid-19 positive patients:

Yes

I do not know

18.I know what to do if I am accidentally contaminated with Covid-19 blood / fluid:

Yes

I do not know

19.Please describe any other personal concerns you have in relation to preparation for the Covid-19 Pandemic, especially in relation to your personal protection:

20.Your age

21.Your grade

22.Your gender

23.Your region

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