Hello Friends,
Today I would like to share some brief useage of infrared/thermal cameras in Hospital industry and how does this helps during the COVID era.
With the advancement in technology, we have multiple equipments helping us through this pandemic. The COVID has gotten a hold of the whole world and we have to be cautious while being outside.
While operating daily as usual with some precautions, companies still keep sure that COVID contracted individuals be isolated from others so as to minimize the spread. This issue is very serious when it comes to hospital as anyone who comes there for checkup might have the COVID and spread it to others.
So as a precautionary measure they directed their attention towards thermal cameras. The reason being, high temperature is one of the main symptoms that a person has contracted COVID.
How Does Infrared Cameras Help in this Situation?
Infrared Cameras or Thermal Cameras have heat sensors that can easily catch high temperature. It can easily catch anyone with a high temperature and can be installed at the entrance. Although it is not the final parameter for anyone to have COVID, but it can alert the authorities that this person might spread COVID. It can be a prescreening test, and they’ll isolate that person and check him with medical grade thermometer and then take necessary actions.
Factors Affecting the Reading of Infrared Cameras
Following are the factors affecting the readings of a Thermal Camera:
1. The distance between camera and the person
2. Black Body Calibration
3. Position of the Camera
4. Ambient Conditions
Pros and Cons of Infrared Thermal Cameras in a Healthcare Setting:
Despite their advantages, scanners are not infallible, and their efficacy is subject to external circumstances. A patient wearing a hat or head scarf, for example, or someone who has just exercised or taken a warm shower, may have a higher body temperature. A person with a fever who has come in from the cold may also get an incorrect reading.
Furthermore, because skin temperature is frequently lower than that recorded orally, thermal imaging devices must be correctly calibrated. And there should be no reflective backgrounds, draughts, intense lighting, or radiant heat sources in the areas where scans are conducted.
Precision is also important. The inner corner of the eye, according to research, is the part of the face that best reflects core temperature. Because this is a small target, a screened individual must be extremely close to the camera, immediately facing it.
As the technology becomes more widely used, businesses must address the privacy risks that thermal scanners may pose. Efforts to describe the tools' importance, function, and data security safeguards can be a crucial step toward compliance and confidence.
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