Evaluation of an infrared thermal detection system for fever recognition during the H1N1 influenza pandemic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-506

  Hewlett, Angela L ^a   Kalil, Andre C ^a   Strum, Rahman A ^a   Zeger, Wesley G ^a   Smith, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFRARED THERMAL DETECTION SYSTEMS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955510585     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659404     Document Type: Article

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