Some Hospitals Tracking Covid-19 by Adding Sensors to Employees' Badges

Makes sense to add sensors to track internal status of employees.  Could likely be linked to networks of contacts outside the hospital.

Some Hospitals Tracking Covid-19 by Adding Sensors to Employees' Badges
CNBC
Christina Farr

About 50 hospitals currently use sensor technology from electronic hygiene tracking platform developer SwipeSense to monitor whether staff are washing their hands when they enter and exit patient rooms, and to keep tabs on expensive equipment like wheelchairs. The Covid-19 pandemic has extended the technology's application to contact tracing, with sensors added to employees' badges to monitor their movements. If a staffer is diagnosed with the virus, SwipeSense allows hospital administrators to ascertain retroactively who might have been in close proximity to the infected individual, and take remedial steps. The SwipeSense platform safeguards privacy by not tracking individuals throughout the day, or outside of patient rooms.  .... "