THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY MEDICINE - Volume 8 Issue 1, January-March 2021
Pages: 27-30
Date of Publication: 15-Apr-2021
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THERMOMETRY: BETWEEN EFFICIENCY AND INEFFICIENCY IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRIAGE, IN THE PREVENTION OF COVID-19 IN PRESCHOOL AND STUDENTS
Author: Lia Vlaicu, Mirela Simona Coporan
Category: Medical
Abstract:
At the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, when there was very little data regarding the virus properties and the illness symptoms, thermometry was considered the first method of identifying a person suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, due to the fact that fever was considered to be the most characteristic and frequent symptom of the infection.
Also, the occurrence of a large number of infection cases in a short period of time required a rapid identification of people at risk of transmitting the infection, so the introduction of temperature scanning allows rapid and reliable, but especially non-intrusive, identification of people with high body surface temperature and the possibility of isolation of these individuals for more accurate testing.
In time, however, it was found that approx. 80% of those infected are asymptomatic, which is why the importance of thermal scanning has been reconsidered.
Keywords: fever, temperature scanning, SARS-Cov-2, covid-19, asymptomatic
DOI: 10.51546/JSUM.2021.8104
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.51546/JSUM.2021.8104
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