Respiratory Outbreak Mitigation in Long-Term Care Using Point-of-Care Testing

Outbreaks of seasonal respiratory viruses can spread rapidly in long-term care homes. Timely results for diagnostic tests remains a challenge for respiratory viruses due to the logistics of using a reference laboratory with delays leading to missed opportunities to implement virus-specific control measures to interrupt transmission resulting in larger outbreaks. Use of a point-of-care testing platform is a potential solution that provides faster results, but it is uncertain whether this translates into benefits for long-term care residents. This trial aims to assess whether rapid test results for respiratory pathogens (Influenza, Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus) can impact the number and size of respiratory virus outbreaks in long-term care homes.

NCT Number	NCT06660433
Lead Sponsor	Michael Garron Hospital Collaborators: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Humber River Health
Conditions	Outbreaks
Enrollment	24 participants
Start Date	2024-11-11
Primary Completion	2025-05-30 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-03-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-12-02