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Usability testing with a prototype user interface of an Artificial Intelligence driven air-Safety Tool (AISaT)

Clark, S. E.; Torii, R.; Li, Y.; Mathur, S.; Barrado-Martin, Y.; Stevenson, F.; Khadjesari, Z.; Lovat, L. B.; Vindrola-Padros, C.

2026-06-16 public and global health
10.64898/2026.06.15.26355448 medRxiv
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Involving end-users in the development of an AI tool is an important facilitator to its implementation. Usability testing was therefore conducted with a prototype user interface of an Artificial Intelligence driven air-Safety Tool (AISaT) to capture the perspectives and user experiences of AISaT from 10 staff members across two hospitals working within estates, infection prevention and control, and clinical areas, to inform the development of next iterations of AISaT. The perspectives shared could be grouped under improvements to the understand-ability; content; navigation; visibility; usability; workflow; ownership; and frequency of use of the tool. There were key areas that can and will be easily improved within AISaT, however there were areas that required a deeper level of critical reflection, such as incorporating data on more existing variables in a room (i.e., existing ventilation) and whether all patients should be assumed as infectious and breathing heavily. The research team must consider if the target audience of end users and recommended frequency of AISaT use will be pre-defined by the tool developers, or whether this level of detail should be left to each individual hospital to decide.

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