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Select your monitoring site
Decide where you want to perform fever monitoring. You need to choose a place
where your subjects can be directed to pass through the FevIR Cam field of view. It
should be possible to move subjects identified by FevIR Cam with an over threshold
temperature from the primary Scanning zone to a private area for confirmation of
core temperature by measurement with a clinical, approved thermometer and
possible isolation.
It is essential that the blackbody is mounted at a fixed location within the field of
view and it is in alignment with the infrared the FevIR Cam and it
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s on-screen
calibration circle. This is necessary to ensure that the FevIR Cam temperature
measurement accuracy is maintained at all times. A software function (available on
the setup menu) will check continuously that the FevIR Cam and Calibration
Reference Source are stable and that the calibration circle software tool is correctly
aligned with the Calibration Reference Source. If either of these parameters are not
met (e.g. if the Calibration Reference Source or FevIR Cam the FevIR Cam have been
accidentally moved), a warning triangle and message will be shown on screen and
Scanning will not be available.
The site selected should be free from drafts such as doors or air conditioner vents,
heating radiators or hot machinery, and where the ambient temperature is
reasonably constant and between 20°C and 24°C.
The inspection site should be at a reasonable distance from the exterior of the
building to avoid sudden changes in ambient temperature for subjects entering from
a hot environment to a cold one or vice versa as this causes rapid changes in blood
flow and changes in skin temperature.
Subjects should be requested to remove hats, headgear, eye glasses and facemasks
before proceeding through the checkpoint.
Ropes or gating should be used to keep subjects within the monitoring area. It is not
necessary from a system perspective for subjects to be monitored in single file
although individual monitoring will make the management of the Scanning process a
much easier process.
The Calibration Reference Source needs to be between 1 to 3m distance from the
FevIR Cam the FevIR Cam. Subjects should be measured at the same distance as the
Calibration Reference Source.
