Before the healthcare providers in your facility can accurately treat patients, they need to find out what their patients' body temperatures are. However, it can take valuable minutes trying to find out what a person's temperature is using thermometers that are placed under the tongue or armpit. This method of taking temperatures can also expose your healthcare workers to dangerous infections.
Instead, you can implement a faster and safer way of getting this key detail about patients. You may speed up patient care and keep your healthcare workers safe by investing in a temperature scanning system for your facility.
Accurate Readings
Thermostats that are placed under the armpit or tongue may fail to give accurate readings. For example, if a person squirms or fights the thermostat being placed on or in their body, they can skew the thermostat's reading of their body temperature. Likewise, if the nurse or doctor using the thermostat does not place it correctly on or in the patient's body, they can get an inaccurate reading.
However, a temperature scanning system scans the person's body and gets an accurate reading of their body temperature is. The system may not rely solely on the patient being still or the healthcare provider placing it correctly. It can detect a person's temperature and give an accurate reading for proper patient care.
Avoiding Infections
Likewise, a temperature scanning system can also minimize or eliminate the risk of spreading infections from the patient to the healthcare provider. Even while wearing a mask or gloves, the healthcare provider may still come into contact with dangerous germs that can make them sick. This provider may then have to take time off from work to recover, leaving your healthcare facility short on the medical staff needed to take care of patients.
However, with a temperature scanning system, the healthcare provider can keep a safe distance while still scanning the patient for his or her body temperature. They avoid having to come into close contact with someone who may have a deadly illness that can be easily transmitted.
A body temperature scanning system can benefit your healthcare facility and the providers who work in it. This system can get more accurate temperature readings than regular thermostats that are placed under the tongue or armpit. It can also minimize the risk of diseases being transmitted from the patient to the doctor or nurse treating them.
For more information, contact a local supplier.
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