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Forehead thermometers may be less accurate than oral thermometers in Black patients

Compared with oral thermometry, temperature measurement with a temporal artery thermometer was associated with significantly lower odds of detecting fever in Black patients but not in White patients, a retrospective cross-sectional study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/free/forehead-thermometers-may-be-less-accurate-than-oral-thermometers-in-black-patients.htm
14 Sep 2022