title: Limitations of forehead infrared body temperature detection for fever screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome.
abstract: We investigated alternative measurement methodology for infrared body thermometry to increase accuracy for outdoor fever screening during the 2003 SARS epidemic. Our results indicate that the auditory meatus temperature is a superior alternative compared with the forehead body surface temperature due to its close approximation to the tympanic temperature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chuan-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ray-E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wen-Cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D004432:Ear, Middle; D004777:Environment; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008403:Mass Screening; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013821:Thermometers