title: A virtual clean room to teach USP 797 regulations for intravenous medications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a virtual environment for pharmacy students to learn United States Pharmacopeia Chapter 797 (USP 797) requirements, while recognizing the role of pharmacists in the safe use of intravenous (IV) medications.
  
  
  METHODS
  A virtual laboratory was created that included stations for IV medications, product verification, medication safety, and patient cases pertaining to high-alert medications. Pharmacy students used 3-D glasses and a wireless controller to navigate through the session and identify violations of USP 797 regulations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pre-assessments and post-assessments were administered to students who completed the session in each of the 2 years it was offered. In the first year, 88% of students strongly agreed or agreed that the sessions met their expectation. Following their APPE clerkship, 92% of these students felt the virtual IV room prepared them for the IV clean room experience. In the second year, 88% of students felt the experience enhanced their understanding of clean room procedures. After session completion, 75% of participants perceived medication errors to be more significant. Written examinations also were administered and students' mean scores improved significantly compared to those of students' prior to implementation of the session (89.6% in year 0; 91.2% in year 1; and 96.1% in year 2).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The immersive virtual environment is a contemporary and effective way to teach USP 797 requirements and enhance the awareness of medication errors.
authors: Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 1001 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors: Sheetal
authors: S
authors: Patel
authors: Ashley H
authors: AH
authors: Vincent
authors: Steven R
authors: SR
authors: Abel
authors: Carolyn M
authors: CM
authors: Jacobs
authors: Steven R
authors: SR
authors: Dunlop
authors: Megan
authors: M
authors: Seibert
mesh_terms: D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004340:Drug Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface