Additional COVID-related precautions
| Variable | n (%)* |
| Pre-admission symptoms screening questions | |
| No | 2 (3) |
| Yes | 71 (96) |
| Unsure | 1 (1) |
| Potential contacts questions | |
| No | 18 (24) |
| Yes | 37 (50) |
| Unsure | 19 (26) |
| COVID-19 swab | |
| No | 54 (73) |
| Yes | 18 (24) |
| Yes—only certain patients | 2 (3) |
| Pre-op chest X-ray or CT | 3 (4) |
| Proportion of cancellation (n=39) | 25 (29); 10 (5, 30) |
| Patients isolated from known COVID-19-positive patients | |
| Yes—all | 72 (97) |
| Mask policy | |
| Yes—at all times | 13 (18) |
| Yes—surgery only | 19 (26) |
| No | 37 (50) |
| Unsure | 5 (7) |
| PPE level bone | |
| 1 | 4 (5) |
| Mixture of 1 and 2 | 6 (8) |
| 2 or above | 64 (86) |
| PPE level soft tissue | |
| 1 | 23 (31) |
| Mixture of 1 and 2 | 15 (20) |
| 2 or above | 36 (49) |
| Procedure for urgent SARS-CoV-2-positive cases | |
| PPE/Isolation only | 41 (55) |
| PPE/Isolation+theatre+ward | 11 (15) |
| PPE/Isolation+ward only | 8 (11) |
| PPE/Isolation+theatre only | 14 (19) |
Mean (SD), median (IQR) is given for continuous variables instead of n (%), n=74.
PPE, personal protective equipment.