Development of a Persuasive Application System Technology for Occupational Safety of Medical Practitioners

For many years now, healthcare workers have continued to be casualties of occupational hazards. While several studies have been presented to help manage occupational hazards, there is still gap (no occupational smart hazard management system for health care). To achieve this, this study aims at the development of a persuasive technology for occupational safety of medical practitioners. The research methodology used for the work is experimental, while the software design methodology combines behavioural driven and agile models. The Research method takes a Systematic Approach which began with designing a Persuasive Application System (PAS) using several models which include login and registration system, event scheduling, real-time monitoring and notification, reward and repercussion algorithms. The registration system allows users to create account for authorized access to the main system. The Event Scheduling Model (ESM) was designed using rule-based approach, MySQL database, date and time control function, to develop a system which allows admin upon registration and creation of staff account to schedule for task and assign staff that will implement it. When task is assigned to users, they automatically receive email which informs them of the task, for them to login and either accept or reject the task. Upon task acceptance, the real-time monitoring and management algorithm monitors the task status, considering time and date to make sure the staff are reminded of the task date earlier before time for preparation. The reward and repercussion algorithm then use these inputs such as number of tasks carried out by users, number of times the user adhered to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and number of time user did not adhere to PPE usage to determine the PPE adherence factor in percentage. The system was integrated as a software application system using HTML and react programming language. The Performance Testing Process considered the different approaches which include unit testing, module testing and integration testing. The results showed that the system was able to facilitate task scheduling, upon task acceptance, monitors adherence of staff to PPE, notify user to adhere to PPE. Keywords: Persuasive Application System; Occupational Safety; Medical Practitioners; Event Scheduling Model; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)