Table 1 Basic information of the respondents in the survey
From: Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices in China: a pilot survey
| Sample Info. | Classification | No. of sample (n = 544) |
Percentage (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work fields | Medical device manufacturers (foreign enterprise/ joint venture) | 80 | 14.71% (11.73%~ 17.68%) |
| Medical device manufacturers (state enterprise/private enterprise) | 109 | 20.04% (16.67%~ 23.40%) | |
| Managing agent of medical device | 32 | 5.88% (3.91%~ 7.86%) | |
| Clinician/Nurse | 71 | 13.05% (10.22%~ 15.88%) | |
| Other staff member in the hospital | 104 | 19.12% (15.81%~ 22.42%) | |
| Health insurer | 1 | 0.18% (0~0.54%) | |
| Regulatory authority of medical devices | 72 | 13.24% (10.39%~ 16.08%) | |
| Health regulator (infection control) | 8 | 1.47% (0.46%~ 2.48%) | |
| Patient and other staff | 67 | 12.32% (9.55%~ 15.08%) | |
| Gender | Male | 247 | 45.40% (41.22%~ 49.59%) |
| Female | 297 | 54.60% (50.41%~ 58.78%) | |
| Age group | Under 25 years old | 27 | 4.96% (3.14%~ 6.79%) |
| 26~35 years old | 218 | 40.07% (35.96%~ 44.19%) | |
| 36~45 years old | 179 | 32.90% (28.96%~ 36.85%) | |
| 46~ 60 years old | 111 | 20.40% (17.02%~ 23.79%) | |
| Above 60 years old | 9 | 1.65% (0.58%~ 2.73%) | |
| Education level | Master or above | 185 | 34.01% (30.03%~ 37.99%) |
| Bachelor | 307 | 56.43% (52.27%~ 60.60%) | |
| Other degree | 52 | 9.56% (7.09%~ 12.03%) | |
| Professional background | Clinical medicine | 156 | 28.68% (24.88%~ 32.48%) |
| Pharmacy | 101 | 18.57% (15.30%~ 21.83%) | |
| Relevant majors of medical device | 132 | 24.26% (20.66%~ 27.87%) | |
| Relevant majors of economics/ management/ literature/ law | 36 | 6.62% (4.3%~ 8.71%) | |
| Other professional backgrounds | 119 | 21.88% (18.40%~ 25.35%) | |
| Sum | 544 | 100% | |