The Virtual Isolation Room

One challenge is that microorganisms cannot be seen with the naked eye, making it difficult to see the consequence of ones actions in connection with infection hygiene.

AIM

The purpose of the project is to develop a solution with Virtual Reality (VR), where clinical staff can train behaviour and hygiene procedures in isolation rooms in a safe and undisturbed environment. With the help of VR, the project will “make the invisible visible” and show the staff why the many measures are necessary for infectious diseases, as well as give the staff knowledge about proper insulation and movement in an isolation room. With the Virtual Isolation Room, the staff will, with the help of sound, colour and “touch”, experience how bacteria and viruses can spread in the room and around the ward, and what their behaviour means for the spread.

The Virtual Isolation Room caters to individual learning needs through a combination of theory and practical execution of training procedures in a virtual environment. The Virtual Isolation Room will make staff who have to deal with patients with covid-19 or other infectious diseases more secure and safe in their behaviour.

PARTNERS

The project is carried out at the Department of Gastroenterology at Odense University Hospital (OUH) in collaboration with the Organisation for Hygiene at OUH and Wacky Studio.

EXTERNAL FUNDING

The project received DKK 245.000 from OUH’s innovation fund for covid-19-related projects.

The research and innovation project Digital Vision accelerates the digitisation process in one department at Odense University Hospital, namely the Department of Gastroenterology. Read more about the sub-projects in Digital Vision.