Innovation During a Pandemic: Developing a Guideline for Infection Prevention and Control to Support Education Through Virtual Reality.

Nathan Moore, Kathy Dempsey, Peter Hockey, Susan Jain, Philip Poronnik, Ramon Z Shaban, Naseem Ahmadpour

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Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

The role of extended reality technologies in hygiene education and training: a systematic review of applications, benefits, and challenges.BMC infectious diseases · 2026
Pooled it
The effect of virtual reality stimulation on reducing the incidence of delirium among patients admitted to intensive care units: a systematic review study.BMC anesthesiology · 2025
Pooled it
Does Virtual Reality Training Translate into Real-world Infection Prevention and Control Practice? A Systematic Review.Medical science educator · 2026
Review
A Pilot Metagenomic Study Demonstrating Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays Utilized in Medical Education Are Reservoirs of Viable Pathogenic Microbes.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026
Article
Extended Reality Head-Mounted Displays Are Likely to Pose a Significant Risk in Medical Settings While Current Classification Remains as Non-Critical.Microorganisms · 2024
Review
Disinfection of Virtual Reality Devices in Health Care Settings: In Vitro Assessment and Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nathan MooreResearch and Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Kathy DempseyClinical Excellence Commission, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Peter HockeyResearch and Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Susan JainClinical Excellence Commission, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Philip PoronnikFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Ramon Z ShabanFaculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

Naseem AhmadpourDesign Lab, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cleaningclinical educationdisinfectionguidelinehead mounted displayinfection controlvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID34713100

DOI10.3389/fdgth.2021.628452

PMCPMC8521867

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