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Fever Detection 27
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Influences from extremes in ambient temperature such as a long walk through a cold parking lot will
impact measurements possibly masking a fever and reporting a false negative reading.
It is important to note that temperatures made on the outside of the body (even at the Medial
Canthus) will not match core temperatures taken with a traditional oral thermometer.