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Title Temperature scanners rendered useless, new study says Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet WISH-TV Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 22/02/21 Description Noncontact temperature devices to detect fevers are of little value and can result in high numbers of false negatives, scientists from the University of Portsmouth say. Producer/Author Dr. Mary Gillis URL https://www.wishtv.com/news/coronavirus/temperature-scanners-rendered-useless-new-study-says/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Are Temperature Scanners Limited In Detecting COVID-19 Fever? Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Longevity LIVE Media type Web Country/Territory South Africa Date 23/01/21 Description With the ongoing spread of Covid-19 the use of temperature monitors is widespread. However, are they really effective in identifying fever related to the pandemic? Physiology experts believe making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in false negatives. This in turn allows people with Covid-19 to pass through airports and hospitals undetected. Producer/Author Emily Sloane URL https://longevitylive.com/anti-aging/are-temperature-scanners-limited-in-detecting-covid-19-fever/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Study: Temperature Scanners of Limited Value in Detecting COVID-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Pharmacy Times Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 20/01/21 Description A study published in Experimental Physiology suggests that taking temperature readings of a person’s fingertip and eye would give a significantly better and more reliable reading and help identify those with fever compared to a full body scan Producer/Author Jill Murphy URL https://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/study-temperature-scanners-of-limited-value-in-detecting-covid-19 Persons Mike Tipton Title Surface temperature scanner is an unreliable way to detect fever associated with Covid-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet News-Medical.net Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 18/01/21 Description Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through airports and hospitals undetected. URL https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210118/Surface-temperature-scanner-is-an-unreliable-way-to-detect-fever-associated-with-Covid-19.aspx Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scans too unreliable to detect Covid-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Engineering & Technology Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/01/21 Description Taking body temperature scans to determine whether people may be infected with Covid-19 is unreliable, scientists have warned, suggesting it could allow individuals with the disease to pass through airports and hospitals undetected.
A team from the University of Portsmouth found multiple inaccuracies with such a test that they believe largely invalidates the resultsURL https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/01/body-temperature-scans-are-too-unreliable-to-detect-covid-19-study-finds/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Temperature Scanners of Limited Value in Detecting COVID-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Psychreg Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/01/21 Description Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with COVID-19 to pass through airports and hospitals undetected URL https://www.psychreg.org/temperature-scanners-limited-value/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Temperature scanners of ‘limited value’ in detecting COVID-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Dentistry.co.uk Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/01/21 Description Temperature scanners are of limited accuracy when it comes to detecting COVID-19, it has been suggested. Producer/Author Gaby Bissett URL https://www.dentistry.co.uk/2021/01/15/temperature-scanners-accuracy-covid/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Coronavirus: UK study finds temperature scanners of ‘limited value’ in Covid-19 detection Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Head Topics UK Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/01/21 Description Covid-19 can pass through supposedly stringent undetected, due to flaws in current temperature-checking tech, a UK study has shown URL https://headtopics.com/uk/coronavirus-uk-study-finds-temperature-scanners-of-limited-value-in-covid-19-detection-18049287 Persons Mike Tipton Title Eyeball and fingertip temperature checks are 'much more reliable' than body scans at detecting fevers associated with Covid-19, scientists claim Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Daily Mail Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Thermal screening to spot people infected with coronavirus is more reliable when scanning the eyeball and fingertip than taking body or forehead measurements Producer/Author Joe Pinkstone URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9146667/Forehead-scanners-result-large-number-false-study-warns.html Persons Mike Tipton Title Coronavirus: UK study finds temperature scanners of ‘limited value’ in Covid-19 detection Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Express Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Covid-19 can pass through supposedly stringent undetected, due to flaws in current temperature-checking tech, a UK study has shown Producer/Author Tom Fish URL https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1384293/coronavirus-study-uk-study-temperature-scanners-limited-value-covid-19-detection-evg Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners ‘unreliable for detecting Covid-19’ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Express and Star Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Scientists found that readings from a person’s fingertip and eye provide a more reliable reading to help identify those with a fever URL https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2021/01/14/body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-for-detecting-covid-19/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners `unreliable for detecting Covid-19´ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet This is Money Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Body temperature scanners provide a large number of false negative results, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through undetected, according to a new study URL https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/wires/pa/article-9146627/Body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-detecting-Covid-19.html Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners unreliable for detecting covid, study shows Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet CoventryLive Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Body temperature scanners provide a large number of false negative results, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through undetected, according to a new study. Producer/Author Neil Shaw URL https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-detecting-19623021 Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners ‘unreliable for detecting Covid-19’ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Belfast Telegraph Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Scientists found that readings from a person’s fingertip and eye provide a more reliable reading to help identify those with a fever. Producer/Author Ben Mitchell URL https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-for-detecting-covid-19-39967648.html Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanner holds limited value in detecting Covid-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Hindu Business Line Media type Web Country/Territory India Date 14/01/21 Description A new study argues that taking temperature readings of a person’s fingertip and the eye can give a more efficient reading and may help better in identifying Covid-19 cases during fever checks at airports and hospitals. Producer/Author Prashasti Awasthi URL https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/body-temperature-scanner-holds-limited-value-in-detecting-covid-19-study/article33577709.ece Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners ‘unreliable for detecting Covid-19’ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Herald Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Body temperature scanners provide a large number of false negative results, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through undetected, according to a new study Producer/Author Press Association URL https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national-news/19010720.body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-detecting-covid-19/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Concerns over accuracy of Covid body scanners used at Portsmouth port and university Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Body temperature scanners used in the city's port and university could be returning false Covid negatives, allowing people to spread an ‘undetected infection' Producer/Author Fiona Callingham URL https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/health/coronavirus/concerns-over-accuracy-covid-body-scanners-used-portsmouth-port-and-university-3101335 Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners ‘unreliable for detecting Covid-19’ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Jersey Evening Post Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Body temperature scanners provide a large number of false negative results, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through undetected, according to a new study URL https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2021/01/14/body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-for-detecting-covid-19/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Body temperature scanners ‘unreliable for detecting Covid-19’ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet John O'Groat Journal Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Scientists from the University of Portsmouth have found that readings from a person’s fingertip and eye provide a more reliable reading to help identify those with a fever. URL https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/national/body-temperature-scanners-unreliable-for-detecting-covid-19-10905/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Forehead scanners result in a large number of false, study warns Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Big World Tale Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 14/01/21 Description Forehead surface temperature scanners are unreliable at detecting Covid-19 and result in a large number of false negatives, scientists warn URL https://bigworldtale.com/science/forehead-scanners-result-in-a-large-number-of-false-study-warns/ Persons Mike Tipton Title Temperature scanners of limited value in detecting Covid-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet AlphaGalileo Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/21 Description Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through airports and hospitals undetected. URL https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/203239?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/203239 Persons Mike Tipton Title Temperature scanners have limited value in detecting COVID-19 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet biermann-medizin.de Media type Web Country/Territory Germany Date 14/01/21 Description The contactless measurement of body temperature with a scanner, as is customary in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, for example at airports, can lead to a large number of false-negative results, warn scientists. So it could happen that people suffering from COVID-19 go unnoticed URL https://biermann-medizin.de/forscher-temperaturscanner-besitzen-beim-nachweis-von-covid-19-nur-begrenzten-wert/ Persons Mike Tipton
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Title Concern at accuracy of Covid body scanners Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet The News Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 17/01/21 Description Body temperature scanners used in the city's port and university could be returning false negatives Persons Mike Tipton