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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Contamination by respiratory viruses on outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers

Variables

Number (n = 148)

Percent

Hospital

 Hospital A

77

52.0

 Hospital B

26

17.6

 Hospital C

45

30.4

Ward

 Internal medicine

52

35.1

 Respiratory

70

47.3

 Pediatrics

26

17.6

Position

 Doctor

68

45.9

 Nurse

80

54.1

Age

  ≤ 30 year

41

27.7

 31–40 years

68

45.9

  ≥ 41 years

39

26.4

Gender

 Male

27

18.2

 Female

121

81.8

Type of mask normally used in the hospital

 Cloth re-usable facial masks

2

1.4

 Disposable medical masks

146

98.6

Number of masks routinely used in the hospital

 1

46

31.1

 2

88

59.5

 3

10

6.8

 4

4

2.7

When masks are normally used

 All the time

101

68.2

 When treating certain patients

47

32.8