Temperature should not be measured on forearm with infrared thermometers for Covid-19 screening

Salud Publica Mex. 2021 May 3;63(3 May-Jun):327. doi: 10.21149/12025.

Abstract

Not available.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Body Temperature / physiology*
  • COVID-19 / complications
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Errors / statistics & numerical data
  • Fever / diagnosis*
  • Fever / etiology
  • Forearm / physiology
  • Forehead / physiology
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination
  • Neck / physiology
  • Thermometers*