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Wall Mounted Non-Contact Forehead Thermometer by SecurityTronix accurately and instantly scans the forehead for elevated temperatures. Digital display. USB -DC 5V Power supply included. Detects surface skin temperature without any contact. Quickly detects surface temperature in less than one second response time. Alarm alerts if surface skin temperature detected is higher than 99.1 F (37.3 C).
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Here's a paper about noncontact meters in clinical setting. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.ni
tl;dr—0.2°C is too high of a swing to make clinical decisions. Noncontact meters are good for prescreening, but not making medical decisions.
Here's a paper about noncontact meters in clinical setting. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/arti...C11046542/ [nih.gov]
tl;dr—0.2°C is too high of a swing to make clinical decisions. Noncontact meters are good for prescreening, but not making medical decisions.
There are a few variables that result in inaccurate readings:
1. Humidity/sweat from the environment/on the pt.
2. The degree at which the IR thermometer is used to point at the temporal artery (forehead area)
3. The environmental temperature of the room/area - cold environments will lead to colder readings, hot environment, hotter readings.
4. Other things that I forget but this is a slickdeals comment so I'm done.
So yeah, they're good for screening but not for clinical settings/decision making based off of these IR thermometers.
edit: of the 138 units the taxpayers of America purchased.
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