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Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (1100) e-Learning and Digital Medical Education (1534) Public Health Training, Education and Capacity Building (129) Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Medical Education (229) Hygiene and Infection Prevention (430)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78882, first published .
Woman wearing VR headset washes hands in sink, reflected in mirror.

Improving Hand Hygiene Skills Using Virtual Reality: Quasi-Experimental Study

Improving Hand Hygiene Skills Using Virtual Reality: Quasi-Experimental Study

Authors of this article:

José Mira1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Mery González3 Author Orcid Image ;   Carolina Villalba4 Author Orcid Image ;   Laura Guerra4 Author Orcid Image ;   Yesid Ramirez-Moya5 Author Orcid Image ;   Jazmín Hernández5 Author Orcid Image ;   Olga Moya6 Author Orcid Image ;   Luis Pineda7 Author Orcid Image ;   Clara Pérez-Esteve1 Author Orcid Image
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