An interventional study of AI-assisted hand hygiene training with real-time visual feedback and Conventional instructor-led hand hygiene training in Healthy Adult Participants, sponsored by Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital. Completed at 1 site in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-09.
Sponsored by Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted training works better than usual training. The training aims to improve handwashing skill in newly hired healthcare workers. The AI-assisted training uses a screen that shows feedback right away.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does AI-assisted training lead to higher overall handwashing skill scores than usual training? Does AI-assisted training improve harder handwashing steps? These include interlaced fingers, locked fingers, and fingertip rubbing.
Researchers will compare AI-assisted training to usual instructor-led training. They will see if AI-assisted training improves handwashing skill.
Participants will:
Attend a 30-minute class on the World Health Organization (WHO) seven-step handwashing method. The class also explains how the skill test works.
Be assigned by chance to usual training or AI-assisted training. Both trainings last 45 minutes.
In the AI-assisted group, use a camera and screen. The screen shows their hand movements and gives feedback right away. This helps them correct their movements.
Take a final handwashing skill test. The same AI system scores 12 parts of the WHO seven-step method.
Two hundred sixty newly hired healthcare workers joined this study at one hospital in China. They included doctors, nurses, research staff, lab staff, and support staff.
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital is the lead sponsor of 135 studies on the registry; 72 are open to participants now.
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Participants (n=130) received a standardized 30-minute didactic session on hand hygiene standard operating procedures and assessment criteria. They then received 45 minutes of AI-assisted practical training. An overhead camera and edge-computing unit captured handwashing movements at 12 frames per second. A real-time display screen showed visual feedback, allowing participants to monitor their performance and correct movements immediately. The AI platform evaluated the WHO seven-step technique, decomposed into 12 sub-steps. Post-training competency was assessed using the same AI platform under standardized conditions.
Behavioral: AI-assisted hand hygiene training with real-time visual feedback
Participants (n=130) received the same standardized 30-minute didactic session on hand hygiene standard operating procedures and assessment criteria. They then received 45 minutes of conventional instructor-led practical training without AI-based real-time visual feedback. Training was delivered by instructors under the usual apprenticeship-style teaching model. Post-training competency was assessed using the same AI platform under standardized conditions.
Behavioral: Conventional instructor-led hand hygiene training
Participants received a standardized 30-minute didactic session on hand hygiene standard operating procedures and assessment criteria. They then received 45 minutes of AI-assisted practical training. An overhead camera and edge-computing unit captured handwashing movements at 12 frames per second. A real-time display screen provided visual feedback, allowing participants to monitor their performance and correct movements immediately. The AI platform evaluated the WHO seven-step technique, decomposed into 12 sub-steps. Post-training competency was assessed using the same AI platform under standardized conditions.
Participants received the same standardized 30-minute didactic session on hand hygiene standard operating procedures and assessment criteria. They then received 45 minutes of conventional instructor-led practical training without AI-based real-time visual feedback. Training was delivered by instructors under the usual apprenticeship-style teaching model. Post-training competency was assessed using the same AI platform under standardized conditions.
Overall hand hygiene competency score
Hand hygiene competency was assessed immediately after training using an AI-based platform. The platform evaluated the WHO seven-step handwashing technique, decomposed into 12 sub-steps: palm-to-palm rubbing; palm-to-opisthenar rubbing (left and right); interlaced fingers; locked fingers (left and right); thumb rubbing (left and right); fingertip rubbing (left and right); and wrist rubbing (left and right). A sub-step was confirmed when cumulative detection exceeded 24 frames (\>2 seconds). Each confirmed sub-step was scored from 0 to 100 based on the mean retained confidence scores. If fewer than 24 confidence entries were retained, the sub-step score was 0. The overall score was the arithmetic mean of all 12 sub-step scores, rounded to one decimal place. Higher scores indicate better hand hygiene competency.
Time frame: Immediately after the 45-minute practical training session
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