Understanding Personal Protective Equipment Use in Interdisciplinary Medical Settings: Design Explorations for Just-in-Time Compliance Alerts: Improving PPE Practices in Medical Settings Through Alert Design

  • Aleksandra Sarcevic
  • , Eleanor Wood
  • , Katherine Ann Zellner
  • , Christine Dodeye Ikponmwonba
  • , Mary Suhyun Kim
  • , Ivan Marsic
  • , Randall S. Burd

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

We examine the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in two interdisciplinary medical settings to inform the design of just-in-time alerts and reminders for correcting PPE noncompliance. We reviewed videos of 26 pediatric resuscitations occurring over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban pediatric teaching hospital. Through video review, we identified causes for PPE noncompliance, activities that were frequently performed without PPE, instances in which PPE was intentionally removed, and mechanisms by which healthcare providers corrected PPE noncompliance. We also interviewed 18 registered nurses working in the hospital's emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) to better understand observed PPE behaviors and practices. Our results suggest that alert design will require considering the urgency of correcting PPE noncompliance against the urgency of tasks being performed. We discuss our findings through the lens of the COM-B framework and conclude by exploring design opportunities for just-in-time alerts and reminders for prompting PPE noncompliance corrections in dynamic medical work.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDIS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
EditorsNuno Jardim Nunes, Valentina Nisi, Ian Oakley, Qian Yang, Clement Zheng
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages3473-3489
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9798400714856
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 4 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2025 - Madeira, Portugal
Duration: Jul 5 2025Jul 9 2025

Publication series

NameDIS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Conference

Conference2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2025
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityMadeira
Period7/5/257/9/25

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software

Keywords

  • design
  • design explorations
  • healthcare providers
  • interviews
  • just-in-time alerts
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • PPE compliance
  • PPE corrections
  • reminders
  • video review

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