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The significant predictors of wearing full PPE during CS were daily work hours &gt; 8 hours and receiving formal training about PPE use. During CS &amp; emergency labor most of HCws used sterile gloves and sterile fluid resistant gowns and surgical mask.to less extent used face shields or tight fitting googles and one tenth (11.8%) only used N95. The most common health effects of full PPE use was sense of heat (79.5%)\n                    <ns3:bold>.<\/ns3:bold>\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>\n                    <ns3:bold>Conclusion:<\/ns3:bold>\n                    During the COVID-19 pandemic more vigorous respiratory (N95 mask) and eye protection is required during aerosol-generating procedures. 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Actually, snowball sampling technique was used in this study.&nbsp;The questionnaire was distributed as on line Google form through what app groups of target population. Direct interview or self-reported questionnaires were not feasible due to lockdown of COVID-19 and strict hospitals policies of minimizing personal contacts with health care workers. The first subject was recruited to the sample then he provides multiple referrals for research. Further clarification of sampling methods was added based on the comments of the first reviewer.<\/b> &nbsp; How did the authors identify the links of social media they used for recruiting participants to ensure representativeness of their sample to the target population?  \n<b>Reply: Through <\/b>\n<b>WhatsApp<\/b>\n<b>&nbsp;groups of related departments whenever available or from one to his colleagues in the same department.<\/b> &nbsp; How did the authors motivate the participants to share the data collection, and what was the duration to reach the desired sample size?  \n<b>Reply: In general, participation was voluntary and the response rate was 252 (79.2%).<\/b>\n<b> The personal protection is crucial part in occupational health &amp; safety of HCws during such pandemic. This research stressed on the value of personal protection among obstetricians &amp; nurses. <\/b> \n<b>Duration already present in the manuscript from August 2020 to June 2021 About 1 year.<\/b>","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/11-413\/v2#referee-comment-8441","order":2,"name":"referee-comment-8441","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work","order":3,"name":"grant-information","label":"Grant Information"},{"value":"This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.","order":0,"name":"copyright-info","label":"Copyright"}]}}