If the local case rate is not yet high enough to warrant quarantine, and you’re hosting or attending events, then in addition to asking people to not come if they are sick or coughing, you also might want to implement fever screening.
Three studies of nCoV symptoms cited here found fever in 83%, 98%, and 98.6%. Studies are less precise on the exact timing of symptom manifestation, but fever appears to show up early. To screen people for fever, you need either an oral thermometer plus disposable probe covers, or a contactless infrared thermometer. A contactless thermometer is faster, but less reliable; if you use one, you will want to also have an oral thermometer plus probe covers to deal with false positives.
You put a disposable cover over on it, eg these, which covers the part that goes in peoples’ mouths. So the main risk is that everyone is touching the same object with their hands. You can mitigate that by also having them wash their hands or use hand sanitizer afterwards.
If the local case rate is not yet high enough to warrant quarantine, and you’re hosting or attending events, then in addition to asking people to not come if they are sick or coughing, you also might want to implement fever screening.
Three studies of nCoV symptoms cited here found fever in 83%, 98%, and 98.6%. Studies are less precise on the exact timing of symptom manifestation, but fever appears to show up early. To screen people for fever, you need either an oral thermometer plus disposable probe covers, or a contactless infrared thermometer. A contactless thermometer is faster, but less reliable; if you use one, you will want to also have an oral thermometer plus probe covers to deal with false positives.
What temperatures should be used as cutoff when doing fever screening at events in the evening?
What’s the risk in sharing an oral thermometer/how do you sterilize it effectively?
They make non-contact digital thermometers now. You could get one of those. Point and shoot.
You put a disposable cover over on it, eg these, which covers the part that goes in peoples’ mouths. So the main risk is that everyone is touching the same object with their hands. You can mitigate that by also having them wash their hands or use hand sanitizer afterwards.