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LabTrainingVR: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Edition
A VR HEADSET is required to take this course
A VR headset is required to take this course. In this course, you’ll enter a virtual world and interact with your environment using a VR headset. LabTrainingVR: Personal Protective Equipment Edition was designed for the HTC Vive and requires a supported computer.
Please read more about the requirements below.
P.A.C.E.® credit will no longer be available for this course after 10/31/23
Description
This basic-level course is designed to enhance laboratory scientists’ ability to identify how personal protective equipment (PPE) can help reduce the risk of exposure to hazardous materials, prevent transmission of infectious agents, and demonstrate how to don and doff PPE in the correct order to minimize contamination and potential exposures. This course empowers learners to apply knowledge and practice selecting the appropriate PPE and properly donning and doffing it in a virtual museum. It concludes with a final exam in a virtual laboratory.
Objectives
At the end of this course, learners should be able to:
- Identify the routes of transmission of infectious agents.
- Demonstrate how to don and doff the appropriate PPE for daily use at the bench
- Demonstrate how to don and doff PPE during an emergency.
Accessibility
Course content is closed captioned, where applicable, and optimized for a screen reader.
VR Hardware Needed
This course is designed to work ONLY on the HTC Vive VR platform. A play area of at least 3 ft. x 3 ft. is recommended, but a larger 20 ft. x 20 ft. space would be ideal, to make the learning experience in this VR courses feel more authentic and real. This VR course also requires a play area with 360° tracking. In addition, a learner’s computer must meet the following specifications:
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10
Processor: CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060/970, R9 290 equivalent or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Sound Card: N/A
Additional Notes: SSD Or Cache-Assisted HDD REQUIRED, Windows Virtual Memory MUST be enabled (16gb recommended)
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10
Processor: CPU: Intel i5-6600 or better
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1080/980TI, Radeon RX Vega 4GB or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Sound Card: N/A
Additional Notes: Internal SSD HIGHLY Recommended, Windows Virtual Memory MUST be enabled (16gb recommended)
Continuing Education (CE)
P.A.C.E.® credit will no longer be available for this course after 10/31/23