Machin, G; Lu, X; Martin, M-J; Pusnik, I; Wang, L (2024) Improving Body Temperature Measurement on a Global Basis. AIP Conference Proceedings, 3230 (1). 13004

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Abstract

Core body temperature measurement is a key indicator of human health. However, its measurement, although very widely performed, is also often unreliable, especially through infra-red methods. This unreliability can lead to incorrect clinical diagnoses, treatment pathways and decisions about infection status, as, for example, during the recent Covid-19 pandemic. Here we give an outline of the issue and describe work undertaken by the CCT Task Group for Body Temperature Measurement to improve this situation. This has been through initiating a key comparison of body temperature calibrators, developing best practice for body temperature measurement by ear and forehead thermometers and thermal imaging and increasing engagement between metrology and clinical thermometer standards communities.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Body temperature, fever screening, clinical thermometry
Subjects:	Engineering Measurements > Thermal
Divisions:	Thermal & Radiometric Metrology
Identification number/DOI:	10.1063/5.0234179
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2025 14:28
URI:	https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/10143