Demographic and risk characteristics of healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 from two tertiary care hospitals in the United Arab Emirates

Table 4 Attitude and perception of the infected healthcare workers, n (%)

Are you aware about appropriate personal protective equipment for the care of COVID-19 patients?	Yes: 99.3%; No: 0.7%
Have you ever been exposed to a COVID-19 patient without adequate PPE?	Yes: 43 (15); No: 243 (85)
There was always enough PPE in my workplace	Agree: 183 (64); Neutral: 36 (12.6); Disagree: 67 (23.4)
PPE availability and quality should be improved at my workplace	Agree: 85 (29.7); Neutral 49 (17.1); Disagree: 152 (53.2)
Proper precautions (face mask, hand hygiene, social distance) are most important tools to save you from SARS-CoV-2	Agree: 213 (74.4); Neutral: 12 (4.2); Disagree: 61 (21.3)
Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 can reduce infection rate and can prevent severe disease and hospitalisation	Agree: 201 (70.2); Neutral: 27 (9.6); Disagree: 58 (20.2)

SARS-CoV-2: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019; PPE: Personal protective equipment.