Full-Body Portable Virtual Reality for Personal Protective Equipment Training

Eubanks, James Coleman; Somareddy, Veena; McMahan, Ryan P.; Lopez, Alfonso A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39907-2_47

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“… 40 , 48 , 49 The World Health Organization advises PPE training should blend both theory and practice (including practical demonstration and application). 50 However, given the large resource allocations required to administer this form of training, other research suggests video‐based tutorials 51 or virtual simulations 52 can also be efficacious. One small study directly compared video‐based to instructor‐led PPE training and found no differences in competency of donning and doffing PPE among medical students one month after training.…”

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Work‐based concerns of Australian frontline healthcare workers during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic

Hill

Smith

Mills

2022

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: This research sought to gauge the extent to which doctors, nurses and paramedics in Australia were concerned about contracting SARS‐CoV‐2 during the country's first wave of the virus in April 2020. Methods: Australian registered doctors, nurses and paramedics (n=580) completed an online questionnaire during April 16–30, 2020 (period immediately following the highest four‐week period (first wave) of SARS‐CoV‐2 confirmed cases in Australia). Results: During April 2020, two‐thirds of participants felt it was likely they would contract SARS‐CoV‐2 at work. Half the participants suggested Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies were inadequate for them to safely perform their job, with two‐thirds suggesting management advised them to alter normal PPE use. One‐third of participants suggested they were dissatisfied with their employer's communication of COVID‐19 related information. Conclusions and implications for public health: After reports of PPE shortages during Australia's first SARS‐CoV‐2 wave, and suggestions access to PPE was still limited during Australia's second wave five months later, we must forecast for this and future pandemics ensuring adequate access to PPE for frontline healthcare workers. Further, ensuring consistent and standardised pathways for communication to staff (acknowledging the reality that information may rapidly change) will help alleviate frustration and anxiety.

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Work‐based concerns of Australian frontline healthcare workers during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic

Hill

Smith

Mills

2022

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…Three respondents have used virtual reality in their training programmes, a technology which can provide individual practical training while eliminating PPE use for training when resources are scarce, as seen in the current COVID-19 pandemic [29]. This technology has been gaining momentum in IPC training [30].…”

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Characteristics of personal protective equipment training programs in Australia and New Zealand hospitals: A survey

Barratt

Shaban

Gilbert

2020

Infection, Disease & Health

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Background: Using personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of several fundamental measures to prevent the transmission of infection and infectious diseases and is particularly pertinent in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Appropriate use of PPE by healthcare workers is, however, often suboptimal. Training and monitoring of PPE competency are essential components of an infection prevention and control program but there is a paucity of research and data on the content of such training programs across Australasia. This paper reports the results of a survey that characterised the nature of PPE training in Australian and New Zealand hospitals. Methods: A population-based online survey was distributed to members of three major Australasian colleges representing infection prevention and control. Results: Results indicate that, although training is frequently provided at orientation, many healthcare workers do not receive regular updates. Training programmes combine online and classroom sessions, but over a third do not include a practical component. The frequency of monitoring PPE competency is variable with one third of respondents indicating that no auditing occurs. PPE items used for high-level training are variable, with use of powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs) uncommon. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that HCWs' confidence, competence and familiarity with PPE are a concern, which in the context of the current global COVID-19 pandemic is

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“…The promise of this revolutionary technology can clearly be seen by the host of applications already developed for its use (e.g., in SteamVR, Oculus and Viveport). To date, HMD VR applications have been created for advertising, archaeology, architecture, business, clinical psychology, defense, design, education, engineering, entertainment and the arts, health and safety, gaming, manufacturing, medicine, real estate, research, simulation training, sport, social media, telecommunications, tourism, and urban design (e.g., Tate et al, 1997;Hogue et al, 1999;Blascovich et al, 2002;Simons and Melzer, 2003;Mujber et al, 2004;Villani et al, 2007;Ch'ng, 2009;Phan and Choo, 2010;Wiederhold et al, 2014;Gonizzi Barsanti et al, 2015;Grabowski and Jankowski, 2015;Elliman et al, 2016;Eubanks et al, 2016;Khor et al, 2016;Ortegon-Sarmiento et al, 2016;Bernardo, 2017;Andersen and Popescu, 2018;Jensen and Konradsen, 2018;Pot-Kolder et al, 2018;Han and Cho, 2019;Yildirim, 2019a,b;Chen et al, 2020).…”

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Cybersickness in Head-Mounted Displays Is Caused by Differences in the User's Virtual and Physical Head Pose

Palmisano

Allison

Kim

2020

Front. Virtual Real.

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Full-Body Portable Virtual Reality for Personal Protective Equipment Training

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Work‐based concerns of Australian frontline healthcare workers during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic

Work‐based concerns of Australian frontline healthcare workers during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic

Characteristics of personal protective equipment training programs in Australia and New Zealand hospitals: A survey

Cybersickness in Head-Mounted Displays Is Caused by Differences in the User's Virtual and Physical Head Pose

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