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

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

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 18;2(1):e28. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.23. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Madhuri B Nagaraj¹, Krystle K Campbell¹, Minji Kang^{2

3}, Ian A Nazareno¹, Doramarie Arocha³, Julie B Trivedi^{2

3}, Daniel J Scott¹

Affiliations

¹ Simulation Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Infection Prevention, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Abstract

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.