EDITORIAL: Limitations of Temporal (Forehead) Temperature Readings as a Screening Method for Covid-19

 

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Verfasser: Aragón Vargas, Luis Fernando
Format: editorial
Publikationsdatum:2020
Beschreibung:As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, many countries are in the process of reopening schools, churches, and businesses. In an effort to screen for potentially infected individuals, temporal artery (forehead) temperature is measured in thousands of people each day. This editorial discusses some of the major limitations of this procedure as a screening method for Covid-19 and warns against the danger of the false sense of security that this practice may cause.
Land:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/81158
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/42241
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/81158
Stichwort:Pandemic control measures
Exercise
Fever
Thermometry
Thermoregulation