Esteban A Barreto, Michelle S Jerry, Vianelly García, Chloe V Green, Andrea S Greenfield, Eileen F Searle, Erica S Shenoy
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Getting real clean: a virtual reality training pilot study for cleaning and low-level disinfection of portable medical equipment.
Portable medical equipment (PME) is inconsistently cleaned and disinfected, resulting in contamination that increases the risk of healthcare-associated infections. A virtual reality PME cleaning and disinfection training module was designed and tested at multiple healthcare facilities. Barriers identified during an initial phase led to improvements in the second phase.
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