Worksite Temperature Screening for COVID-19.

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Stave, Gregg M

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Smith, Sharon E

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Hymel, Pamela A

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Heron, Richard JL

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2021-05-01T19:41:51Z

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2021-05-01T19:41:51Z

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2021-04-28

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2021-05-01T19:41:51Z

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Objective

To determine whether temperature screening is useful in detecting and reducing workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Methods

A survey was conducted to determine whether temperature screening successfully identified workers with COVID-19 among a convenience sample of medical directors of multinational corporations in a wide range of industries.

Results

More than 15 million screenings were performed by 14 companies. Fewer than 700 episodes of fever were identified. Of these, only about 53 cases of COVID-19 were detected. By contrast about 2000 workers with diagnosed COVID-19 were in the workplace and not detected by screening.

Conclusions

One case of COVID-19 was identified by screening for approximately every 40 cases that were missed. Worksite temperature screening was ineffective for detecting workers with COVID-19 and is not recommended.
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00043764-900000000-97901

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1076-2752

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1536-5948

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/22724

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eng

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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

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10.1097/jom.0000000000002245

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Worksite Temperature Screening for COVID-19.

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Journal article

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School of Medicine

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Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine

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Duke

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Family Medicine and Community Health

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Clinical Science Departments

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