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COVID-19 Survey: Clinicians and Healthcare Facility Experience with Wound Care and Support Surfaces

This survey consists of 18 questions.

We thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey and appreciate your responses. If you have any questions regarding this survey, please feel free to reach out to us via the NPIAP website (www.npiap.com). All responses will be anonymous and will remain confidential.
1.How would you best describe your role?
2.What is your geographic region?
3.In what type of facility do you practice?
4.What is the bed capacity of your facility?
5.Did your facility directly experience a surge of COVID 19 patients?
6.Did COVID-19 adversely affect the ability of staff to use the wound care products available in your facility?
7.Were there any new wound care products brought into your facility to specifically assist with the care of COVID-19 patients?
8.Did you have enough of the appropriate support surfaces/specialty beds to care for COVID-19 patients?   
9.Did COVID-19 change the method in which rental support surfaces/specialty beds were obtained and brought into your facility from vendors?
10.Has the COVID-19 experience changed your perspective regarding the benefits or drawbacks of purchase versus rented support surfaces?
11.Which of the following products did you use when proning intubated, critically ill COVID-19 patients? (Select all that apply)
12.Based on your response to question 11, in your opinion, were your interventions successful with regard to proning and  pressure injury prevention?
13.Please describe the changes to your infection control practices surrounding specialty bed/support surfaces during infection control products used during COVID 19?
14.Did you use the NPIAP COVID-19 resources (e.g. tips sheets, white papers) in your clinical facility during COVID -19?
15.If yes, which did you find the most helpful for staff? (Select all that apply)
16.Was there any clinical information that could have been provided by NPIAP that you did not have during your COVID-19 surge that in retrospect would have been of value to you?
17.In what ways has your facility prepared for a potential second surge of COVID patients?
18.Are there any other issues or challenges that you experienced with regard to wound care products or support surface/specialty beds that you encountered when caring for COVID - 19 patients that you would like to share with us?
Thank you for sharing your valuable insights with us!