Non-invasive Biometric Monitoring in Nursing Homes to Fight COVID-19

"Emfit devices will be installed once after enrollment under each participant's mattress and left to record automatically without further intervention. The participants will wear their Biostrap wristbands consistently, ideally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 2 months.~A virus panel will be upon enrollment (baseline) and then every two weeks (± 3 days, or on the closest convenient sampling day if the LTCF is testing all residents on the same day) for a maximum of 5 times during the two-month period. Using polymerase chain reaction or next generation sequencing, the virus panel will detect COVID-19 and 12 other common respiratory viruses that may cause similar symptoms and similar biometric signatures. These include influenza A and B, parainfluenza types 1 through 4, respiratory syncytial virus, non-COVID coronavirus, rhinovirus, adenovirus, bocavirus and metapneumovirus."