Fever Measurement with a Thermal Image

The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has changed the way we live and work, companies are investigating new ways to measures for the virus to reduce the spread in their workplace.

An important indicator for infection is increased body temperature generally known as fever. Thermography is the ideal method for scanning not just individuals, but also large flows of people.

A Thermal imager can be used to detect fever in a person, to do this the temperature at the inner corner of the eye is measured, and an alarm triggered if it detects a higher temperature. This allows persons with increased body temperature to be identified quickly and reliably, and to be isolated for more exact testing.

Pyrosales is a distributor of Testo Thermal Imaging Products. With the new Testo Fever Detection assistant, the thermal imagers Testo 885/Testo 890 are perfect for identifying potentially virus carriers.

The Units 885/890 characteristic:

• Reliable: up to 1280 x 960 pixels resolution (with testo SuperResolution) and good thermal sensitivity

• Flexible: thanks to an HDMI interface for data transfer to an external screen, they can also be used in semi-stationary applications such as security checks

• Easy: can be used by the most diverse staff, thanks to a high level of user convenience For the purposes of fast training of security personnel and staff, we will soon be providing a video with step-by-step instructions.