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Table 3 Descriptive analysis, pandemic preparedness, and response of primary care practices, Okinawa, Japan (N = 174)

From: Insufficient preparedness of primary care practices for pandemic influenza and the effect of a preparedness plan in Japan: a prefecture-wide cross-sectional study

 

Response

Number (%)

Healthcare staff protection

  

PPE supplies and storage

  

  Gown

Stocked

53 (30.46)

  Mask: surgical mask

Stocked

147 (84.48)

    N95 mask

Stocked

79 (45.40)

  Eye protection

Stocked

37 (21.26)

  Gloves

Stocked

124 (71.26)

Hand sanitizer supplies

Stocked

52 (87.36)

Pharmaceuticals

  

Storage of antiviral drugs

Stocked

144 (82.76)

Surveillance

  

Know how to transfer a specimen to laboratory

Knew

138 (79.31)

Patient management

  

Know a local designated hospital for severe cases

Knew

170 (97.70)

Institutional management

  

Business continuity plan

Planned

57 (32.76)

Source control

  

Isolated ILI patients from other patients

Isolated

124 (71.26)

Pharmaceutical prevention

  

Provided Vaccination service

Provided

165 (94.83)

  1. PPE: personal protective equipment, ILI: influenza-like illness.