Using Thermal Cameras for Contactless Elevated Temperature Checks at the Job Site

COVID-19 mandates are continuously changing across the United States, varying from county to county, but they need to protect employees and customers never wavers. One way to seamlessly and safely protect everyone is to use thermal cameras as a pre-screening requirement for entry into a business or onto a job site. Utilizing contactless thermal cameras and video control software technology to pre-screen for COVID-19 symptoms offers peace of mind and safety. By identifying the at-risk individuals and separating them for further health screening, it lowers exposure to COVID-19 and aids in decreasing the spread of COVID-19. Automating the detection process expedites efforts to screen individuals to keep the natural flow of traffic in their facilities without compromising the safety of health.

Temperature Detection Solutions

Motorola Solutions’ H4 Thermal Elevated Temperature Detection Solution offers professionals a way to proactively detect at-risk personnel for further screening by notifying staff of the individual’s elevated temperature. The system works by having an individual stand in front of a low-reflective backdrop while standing next to a blackbody device. The blackbody has a constant temperature and acts as a point of reference for an absolute temperature that the thermal camera can compare the individual’s skin temperature to. The thermal camera is set up between three and five feet away from the blackbody device and person.

After the results are received by the video control software, the personnel monitoring the system is notified. If the thermal camera detects an individual’s skin temperature to be higher than a set standard, the individual can be pulled aside for additional screening with a secondary approved method, such as using medical-grade devices (e.g. thermometer) and enlisting medical professional opinion (e.g. on-site nurse). This provides low friction and contactless alternative as opposed to traditional health screening measures.

K-12 Schools and Universities

Students, teachers, and staff are continually in close quarters. Adding a layer of protection for the health of students, teachers, and staff to schools through a contactless system offers peace of mind at little to no inconvenience to those it is serving.

By adding a thermal screening system to entry points of a school, schools can continuously pre-screen individuals to curb the spread of COVID-19 and keep others safe by quickly identifying individuals potentially sick with COVID-19. Students are often sent to school sick which puts others at risk. High-throughput thermal screening technology helps to identify the sick individuals and further assess each individuals’ case to help aid in slowing down the spread of COVID-19 and many other illnesses. As health protocols are ever-changing, schools should prioritize the health of their students, teachers, and staff to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks and keep students in physical classes. 

Universities with on-campus dormitory and dining facilities create large opportunities for illnesses and COVID-19 to spread throughout the campus due to students, faculty, and staff being in constant contact with one another. By implementing the thermal camera systems into entry points at lecture halls, dormitory buildings, and cafeterias, universities would be able to identify and further screen at-risk individuals to decrease the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses.

First Responders

Firefighters and paramedics share close quarters while on 24-hour shifts in their stations. Most are set up with dormitory facilities since the shifts are ongoing. This presents an opportunity for illness to run rampant and COVID-19 to spread. Fire stations are hubs for illnesses, whether they are being brought back into the station from calls or from their homes.

Equipping stations with this high throughput thermal screening system would allow fire stations to keep their firefighters and patients healthy and safe by slowing down the spread of illnesses. COVID-19 is still fluctuating and first responders such as firefighters and paramedics are on the front lines of this continual battle. Keeping firefighters and paramedics safe through continuous, contactless thermal screening allows them to stay on the front lines of keeping our communities safe.

Healthcare

As patients check into the lobby of hospitals, emergency rooms, clinics, and specialty care facilities, thermal cameras could actively screen individuals and notify healthcare providers of at-risk individuals to be sidelined for further health screening. Hospitals feature high touch points and close contact with illnesses due to patients needing treatment for a large variety of issues. This puts other patients and healthcare providers at risk of coming into contact with COVID-19 or another illness.

Utilizing the H4 Thermal Elevated Temperature Detection Solution would protect patients and healthcare providers by identifying at-risk individuals to quarantine for further health checks and treatments. Front line workers are a crucial part of the fight against COVID-19. Thermal temperature detection technology offers a way to protect the front-line workers and help prevent hospital overflow. By reducing the spread of COVID-19, hospitals will be less likely to be overwhelmed and healthcare resources will be less likely to be stretched thin across many needs.

Businesses

Small and large businesses alike have to abide by COVID-19 health protocols in order to conduct business. It is in the best interest of the business to actively screen customers and employees using thermal cameras to ensure the safety of the health of their guests. Thermal cameras and software add an additional level of safety to the health of employees and customers through a contactless and stress-free thermal screening process. Proactive thermal detection helps to slow down the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne illnesses. Preventing the spread of illness allows for businesses to stay open and the return of normalcy to slowly continue. 

Airports

While individuals are lined up single file, the thermal camera, and software system seamlessly screen individuals as they pass through. Airport staff can actively monitor the temperatures of individuals to identify in real-time potentially sick individuals for further health screening. Travelers, TSA security, airport staff, and airline staff are in high-touch point areas with constant movement and contact. Utilizing H4 Thermal Elevated Temperature Detection Solution while travelers are in check-in lines, TSA security checkpoints, and other areas of the airport support the practice of safe travel. It adds an extra layer of safety for individuals in the airport to actively slow the spread of COVID-19 along with many other airborne illnesses. 

Temperature Detection Solutions For Your Business

To learn more about how to integrate thermal screening software into your organization’s COVID-19 detection process, please reach out to Cyber Communications today. As a Motorola Premier Service Provider for the New England wireless market, we’re prepared to empower your industry with the latest in communication and security technology, in addition to maintenance, warranty, and repair services.