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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2020 Dec 14;8(1)
faa603.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa603. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Why Temperature Screening for Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Noncontact Infrared Thermometers Does Not Work
William F Wright[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philip A Mackowiak[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 screening can evaluate large numbers of patients while reducing healthcare exposures and limiting further spread of the virus. Temperature screening has been a focal point of case detection during the pandemic because it is one of the earliest and most frequently reported manifestations of the illness. We describe important factors to consider of screened individuals as well as the measurement process and current outcomes. Optimal temperature-based screening involves both individual and environmental factors as well as reconsideration of the current fever threshold.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; clinical thermometry; fever; screening.
. 2020 Dec 14;8(1)
faa603.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa603. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Why Temperature Screening for Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Noncontact Infrared Thermometers Does Not Work
William F Wright[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philip A Mackowiak[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33506067
- PMCID: PMC7798604
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa603
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 screening can evaluate large numbers of patients while reducing healthcare exposures and limiting further spread of the virus. Temperature screening has been a focal point of case detection during the pandemic because it is one of the earliest and most frequently reported manifestations of the illness. We describe important factors to consider of screened individuals as well as the measurement process and current outcomes. Optimal temperature-based screening involves both individual and environmental factors as well as reconsideration of the current fever threshold.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; clinical thermometry; fever; screening.