Table 2 Availability of PPE for frontline HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Salzburg, Austria

SM, FFP2, FFP3

4 h

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes^a

Yes

Face shields

Yes

Wuhan, China

SM, N95, KN95

4 h

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mannheim, Germany

FFP2, FFP3

1/shift

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Aprons

Yes

Bergamo, Italy

SM, FFP2, FFP3, N95, N99, KN95

1–2/shift

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Face shields

Yes

Singapore

SM, N95

4–5 h

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Powered air-purifying respirator (interventional radiology)

Yes

Lucerne, Switzerland

SM, FFP2

1/shift

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes^b

UK

SM, FFP2, FFP3

1/shift

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Face shields

Yes^c

Boston, USA

N95 (fitted)

1/shift (8–12 h)

Yes

Yes

No

Yes^a

Yes

Personal respirators (if unable to use N95), face shields^a

Yes