Table 1

Overview of gown usage weeks 1–11 of pandemic and % capacity used at each level of contingency

	M	T	W	T	F	S	S	Total	% L1	% L2	% L3
Week 1	5	12	5	15	23	2	10	72	6	3	2
Week 2	27	39	55	55	62	54	56	348	29	17	8.2
Week 3	56	82	67	66	75	61	44	451	38	21	11
Week 4	29	82	61	78	78	75	73	476	40	22	11
Week 5	79	90	105	133	97	69	58	631	53	30	15
Week 6	91	116	113	98	122	76	62	678	57	32	16
Week 7	107	102	119	143	161	132	140	904	76	43	22
Week 8	165	185	176	230	212	217	155	1340	113	64	32
Week 9	228	242	218	247	215	236	125	1511	127	72	36
Week 10	192	297	230	240	267	178	192	1596	134*	76	38
Week 11	223	347	291	359	274	243	219	1956	164*	93	47

L1=initial laundry capacity (170 gowns per day); L2=extended laundry hours (300 gowns per day) and L3=a second domestic washing machine (600 gowns per day).
*Instances where baseline capacity was exceeded.