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BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new peer-reviewed study by IPVM researchers has found that popular temperature screening devices from 7 different manufacturers systematically manipulate temperature readings, regularly reporting fever-level temperatures as normal. The study was accepted for publication in the
Journal of Biomedical Optics. The study, titled Globally Deployed COVID-19 Fever Screening Devices Using Infrared Thermographs Consistently Normalize High Readings To Afebrile Range , reveals a clear pattern of manufacturers applying adjustments to normalize human temperature readings. Per the study, Given that these devices are utilized for sentinel detection of possible infectious disease transmission, and are now globally employed, the implications for reduced detection of febrility are a widespread false sense of security.