Human-machine collaboration using artificial intelligence to enhance the safety of donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE)

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the accuracy of monitoring personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing process between an artificial intelligent (AI) machine collaborated with remote human buddy support system and an onsite buddy, and to determine the degree of AI autonomy at the current development stage. Design and setting: We conducted a pilot simulation study with 30 procedural scenarios (15 donning and 15 doffing, performed by one individual) incorporating random errors in 55 steps. In total, 195 steps were assessed. Methods: The human-AI machine system and the onsite buddy assessed the procedures independently. The human-AI machine system performed the assessment via a tablet device..