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Sanitiser sales up on fresh H1N1 scare

February 22, 2010 Bio-Medical

In Brunei Thermal Cameras Use & HiN1 Vaccinations Increasing Also In an online story on Feb 17, 2001 in the Brunei News that began: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — PARENTS of schoolchildren have taken the fight against the Influenza A (H1N1) epidemic into their own hands literally following a report by the Ministry of Health (MoH) [...]

Flu Detection Tops Stories of 2009

January 1, 2010 Applications

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H1N1 Concerns Drive Interest in Infrared Detection Southampton PA, USA — Seven of the Top 10 Stories covered by TempSensorNEWS.com in 2009 were about Thermal Infrared Systems used to screen for elevated body temperatures at places where masses of people congregate. In decreasing order of popularity the top 10 stories were: System for Swine Flu(H1N1) [...]

Body Temp Detectors for H1N1 Flu

December 14, 2009 Bio-Medical

China Vendor Offers Multiple Screening Options Guangdong, China — Several models of human body temperature temperature detectors are available that have noncontact temperature measurement, high accuracy, fast measurement speed, over-temperature alarm and other features. They are designed for use in mass screening of people for elevated body temperatures that can occur from viral infections like Swine [...]

IR Systems Offer First Line of Defense for H1N1 Virus

September 28, 2009 Applications

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Ircon® and Raytek® Infrared (IR) Systems Offer First Line of Defense That Can Help Identify Elevated Skin Temperature SANTA CRUZ CA, USA — Fixed infrared scanners and thermal imagers from Raytek/Ircon, as well as handheld IR thermal imagers from its parent company, Fluke, can be used at airports, terminals, hospitals, schools, factories and public …

H1N1 Prep In USA Missing Infrared – Why?

September 6, 2009 Bio-Medical

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No Mention of Body Temperature Screening at Hospitals, Schools and Transit Junctions!!! (An Editorial) Washington DC, USA — Here’s a 13 minute video showing statements this past Friday by Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Department of Health discussing the city’s swine flu preparations (It takes a few seconds to get through the commercial..please wait [...]

Body Surface Inspection System

May 13, 2009 Bio-Medical

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Survey – Detect – Protect Oakland NJ, USA — Portable Monitoring Systems include an alarm unit monitor and Mikron Infrared portable thermal imager. If a person goes through the measurement area at higher than the setpoint temperature, an alarm is activiated. Dual vision function is useful to identify the subject in question. Mikron MikroSHOT can [...]

First Line of Flu Defense

May 10, 2009 Bio-Medical

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Noncontact IR technology from Raytek(r) and Ircon(r) can help identify elevated skin temperatures that can result from a viral infection: Effective Screening Tools for Swine Flu SANTA CRUZ CA, USA – Fixed infrared scanners and thermal imagers from Raytek/Ircon, as well as handheld IR thermal imagers from its parent company, Fluke, can be used at [...]

More Airports Seek Thermal Screening For Flu

May 7, 2009 Bio-Medical

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Thermal imaging can detect elevated body temperature, one of the signs of the H1N1 virus (swine flu). Ft Meyers FL, USA — As concern continues to mount about the spread of the swine flu globally, airport authorities are responding by using digital thermal Infrared imaging technology to scan passengers. Thermal imaging can detect elevated body [...]

SWINE FLU – Thermal Scanning

May 6, 2009 Bio-Medical

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Notting Hill VIC, AUSTRALIA — Australia relies on new health control measures and also on thermal imaging technology installed in major airports to detect suspected swine flu affected passengers. But just how effective are those thermal scanners? The cameras were purchased several years ago. The old models were designed for industrial testing of overheated switchboards [...]

IR Thermal Imaging System for Medical Application

May 5, 2009 Bio-Medical

Chengdu, China — Model EIRI-M1 is specially designed for remote monitoring and detecting of elevated body temperature in crowded situations. It combines advanced technology in infrared sensing, optoelectronics, computerized data/graphic processing and infor5mation technology to deliver a high performance infrared system for mass thermography. Employing the latest uncooled FPA detector, EIRI-M1 offers exceptional temperature resolution, [...]

FevIR Screen System from Thermoteknix

May 4, 2009 Bio-Medical

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Cambridge, UK — Thermoteknix offers a system tailored for human febrile screening from the UK. According to Thermoteknix: MIRICLE FevIR Scan thermal imaging and temperature measurement system from Thermoteknix is easily installed, operated and re-located with the very minimum of setup time and operator training. On screen visible and audible alerts provide instant notification of [...]

Fluke has something for flu…

May 3, 2009 Bio-Medical

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More on Infrared Health Screening Here’s a view of the animated banner on the Fluke website. It teases one to look further to obtain information on the possible use of their infrared products in screening for flu carriers. Unfortunately, if you click on the ad, you receive a registration/login form page, not any product or [...]

FLIR’s Infrared Products for Fever Detection

May 2, 2009 Bio-Medical

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From the FLIR website www.goinfrared.com comes the following story that was last updated 16-mar-2009 (only 1 month and 17 days ago). Thermal Imaging To Detect Body Temperature As A Screening Technique to Limit the Spread of Infectious Disease It starts off with the statement: The Threat to the Global Public Health & Economy Swine flu [...]

Fever Screening Cameras In Use Today

May 1, 2009 Bio-Medical

Scanning Passengers for Swine Flu While the Australian news reports:”Swine flu detection scanners ‘not perfect’”, in the same online report today they said: “Scanners have been rolled out across international airports in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Cairns, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin, to help authorities ramp up their defences against the disease.” It was [...]

ThermoScreen Infrared Fever Screening Tools

May 1, 2009 Bio-Medical

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Mass Human Fever Screening With Equipment from OptoTherm (A series highlighting the suppliers of special Temperature measurement devices used for screening people for fever, an indicator of possible infection. Note: Quoted intact with slight format changes to make it easier to read here from the OptoTherm Web pages.) Sewickley PA, USA — ThermoScreen provides a [...]

Infrared Cameras Screening For Swine Flu

April 30, 2009 Bio-Medical

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[Image: Courtesy LAND Instruments International] Swine Flu Sparks Rush Orders For Thermal Scanners That’s the title of an article on www.Investors.com (IBD) by Donna Howell. Another related online article that shares some earlier information on the use of Thermal Infrared Cameras in a similar role during the SARS crisis states: “Ministry of Health, Labour & [...]