Imperial College London
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Dr James Kinross

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Reader in General Surgery
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3312 1947j.kinross

 
 
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Location

 

1029Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Cafferkey:2020:10.1101/2020.05.24.20107193,
author = {Cafferkey, JJ and Hampson, DOP and Ross, C and Kooner, AS and Martin, GFJ and Kinross, JM},
doi = {10.1101/2020.05.24.20107193},
title = {Using HoloLens2™ to reduce staff exposure to aerosol generating procedures during a global pandemic},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.24.20107193},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - <jats:sec><jats:title>RATIONALE</jats:title><jats:p>COVID-19 poses a unique challenge; caring for patients with a novel, infectious disease whilst protecting staff. Some interventions used to give oxygen therapy are aerosol generating procedures. Staff delivering such interventions require PPE and are exposed to a significant viral load resulting in sick days and even death. We aim to reduce this risk using an augmented-reality communication device: The HoloLens by Microsoft.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>OBJECTIVES</jats:title><jats:p>In a tertiary centre in London we aim to implement HoloLens technology, allowing other medical staff to remotely join the consulting clinician when in a high-risk patient area delivering oxygen therapy. The study primary outcome was to reduce the exposure to staff and demonstrate non-inferiority staff satisfaction when compared to not using the device. Our secondary outcome was to reduce extrapolated PPE costs when using the device.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS</jats:title><jats:p>Our study was conducted in March and April 2020, within a respiratory unit delivering aerosolising oxygen therapies (High flow nasal oxygen, Continuous positive airway pressure and non-invasive ventilation) to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>MEASUREMENTS</jats:title><jats:p>Self-reported questionnaires to assess satisfaction in key areas of patient care. An infrared people counting device was also used to assess staff in and out of the unit.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>MAIN RESULTS</jats:title><jats:p>Mean self-reported time in the high-risk zone was less when using HoloLens (2.69 hours) compared to usual practice (3.96 hours) although this difference was not statistically significant
AU  - Cafferkey,JJ
AU  - Hampson,DOP
AU  - Ross,C
AU  - Kooner,AS
AU  - Martin,GFJ
AU  - Kinross,JM
DO  - 10.1101/2020.05.24.20107193
PY  - 2020///
TI  - Using HoloLens2™ to reduce staff exposure to aerosol generating procedures during a global pandemic
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.24.20107193
ER  -
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