Manual Fever Check Is More Sensitive than Infrared Thermoscanning Camera for Fever Screening in a Hospital Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Between August 31st and September 4th 2020 in a tertiary care hospital in Seoul, the fever detection rate by infrared thermoscanning camera at the gates was 0.002% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.001%-0.006%) and that by manual fever check at the outpatient clinics was 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01%-0.03%) (...

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Published in:Journal of Korean medical science 2020, 35(44), , pp.1-3
Main Authors: Jung, Jiwon, Kim, Eun Ok, Kim, Sung Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Brief Communication
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Fever - diagnosis
Hospitals
Humans
Infrared Rays
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity
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Summary:Between August 31st and September 4th 2020 in a tertiary care hospital in Seoul, the fever detection rate by infrared thermoscanning camera at the gates was 0.002% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.001%-0.006%) and that by manual fever check at the outpatient clinics was 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01%-0.03%) ( < 0.001). The difference strongly suggests that sensitivity of the thermoscanning camera in the market must be upgraded.
ISSN:1011-8934
1598-6357
DOI:10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e389