VIPVis
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What is VIPVis?
Veterinary Infection Prevention through Visualisation (VIPVis) is an interactive 3D digital tool which simulates the indoor environment of a veterinary practice and the interactions taking place between humans, animals and pathogens with this environment, according to rules observed from real-life.
VIPVis was established as a training tool to ‘make visible, the invisible (microbes)’. It was created by following a real patient through their journey in the veterinary practice, undergoing a Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO) procedure. The video footage was edited to a monochrome graphical model for simplification, with editing so that the user of the tool has complete control over the viewpoint of the modelled scenes, with options to control camera angle and zoom in/out.
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The main feature of the VIPVis tool is a multi-layer aspect, which is switched on/off in a series of reveals. It demonstrates layers of ‘contamination’, showing the potential transfer of bacteria in a sequence of procedures during the preparation for surgery, and a layer of ‘infection control measures’. This allows the normally invisible bacteria to be ‘seen’ as they spread through the indoor environment on people, animals and surfaces.
The Research Project - VIPVis to reduce Antibiotic Resistance (ABR) in the veterinary setting
Aims:​
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Evaluate whether a visual simulation tool can improve understanding of pathogen transmission and spread.
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Identify if a change in Infection prevention and control (IPC) behaviour is seen from using the visual tool.
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Investigate whether a change in IPC behaviour leads to a change in infection rate across the veterinary practice environment.
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Consequently, does this reduce the reliance on antibiotics.
"Making the invisible, visible"
To investigate this we are implementing an intervention that utilises the VIPVis tool described above.
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