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Clinical Trial
. 2004 Dec;25(12):1109-11.
doi: 10.1086/502351.

Limitations of forehead infrared body temperature detection for fever screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome

Chuan-Chuan Liu  1 , Ray-E Chang, Wen-Cheng Chang
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Clinical Trial

Limitations of forehead infrared body temperature detection for fever screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome

Chuan-Chuan Liu et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

We investigated alternative measurement methodology for infrared body thermometry to increase accuracy for outdoor fever screening during the 2003 SARS epidemic. Our results indicate that the auditory meatus temperature is a superior alternative compared with the forehead body surface temperature due to its close approximation to the tympanic temperature.

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