Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) personal protective equipment training: Using simulation-based training to prevent healthcare-associated infection

Madhuri B. Nagaraj; Krystle K. Campbell; Minji Kang; Ian A. Nazareno; Doramarie Arocha; Julie B. Trivedi; Daniel J. Scott

doi:10.1017/ash.2022.23

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2022)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) personal protective equipment training: Using simulation-based training to prevent healthcare-associated infection

Madhuri B. Nagaraj,
Krystle K. Campbell,
Minji Kang,
Ian A. Nazareno,
Doramarie Arocha,
Julie B. Trivedi,
Daniel J. Scott

Affiliations

Madhuri B. Nagaraj: ORCiD; Simulation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Krystle K. Campbell: Simulation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Minji Kang: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Infection Prevention, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Ian A. Nazareno: Simulation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Doramarie Arocha: Infection Prevention, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Julie B. Trivedi: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Infection Prevention, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Daniel J. Scott: Simulation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.23
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2

Abstract

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In this pre- and postintervention study, we demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of comprehensive simulation-based personal protective equipment (PPE) training amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With rapid-cycle, deliberate practice feedback, simulation-based training can improve the learners’ sense of confidence and security while standardizing PPE protocols.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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