TY - JOUR
T1 - Considerations and a call to action for the use of noncontact forehead infrared handheld thermometers during the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Chan, Wing P.
AU - Kosik, Russell Oliver
AU - Wang, C. Jason
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(S) Jogh © 2021 Isgh
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Early in January 2020, the WHO announced that temperature screening at entry was sufficient to detect the majority of imported COVID-19 cases [1]. As such, several countries began employing thermal screening in airports and public places as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus. A February 20th report from the WHO noted that among 55 924 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China, 87.9% had a “fever” (no cutoff point reported), and people with COVID-19 generally developed signs (including fever) and symptoms on average 5-6 days following exposure (range 1-14 days or even longer). However, there is a lack of a universally accepted definition of what exactly constitutes “fever” when a noncontact infrared thermometer is used.
AB - Early in January 2020, the WHO announced that temperature screening at entry was sufficient to detect the majority of imported COVID-19 cases [1]. As such, several countries began employing thermal screening in airports and public places as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus. A February 20th report from the WHO noted that among 55 924 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China, 87.9% had a “fever” (no cutoff point reported), and people with COVID-19 generally developed signs (including fever) and symptoms on average 5-6 days following exposure (range 1-14 days or even longer). However, there is a lack of a universally accepted definition of what exactly constitutes “fever” when a noncontact infrared thermometer is used.
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U2 - 10.7189/jogh.11.03023
DO - 10.7189/jogh.11.03023
M3 - Article
C2 - 33692878
AN - SCOPUS:85101162152
SN - 2047-2978
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Journal of Global Health
JF - Journal of Global Health
ER -