Blessing Health System issued the following announcement on Aug. 7.
Blessing Health System is putting a new twist on taking peoples’ temperatures at its building entrances throughout the region, as part of the response to COVID-19. Temperature kiosks will soon be in place at the entrances of buildings throughout the Blessing Health System, including the Hannibal Clinic and many of its clinics throughout northeast Missouri; Illini Community Hospital and the Illini Rural Health Clinic in Pittsfield, and Blessing facilities in Quincy, Golden and Hancock County, IL; and Palmyra and Kahoka, MO.
Blessing Hospital has been testing the automated temperature kiosks at its main entrances for several weeks before making the decision to use them across the health system.
Using a thermal imaging camera, the kiosk quickly provides an individual’s temperature. If the kiosk reads a person’s temperature as normal, it will say that and the person may enter the building. If the kiosk reads a person’s temperature as elevated, the individual will be instructed by an employee, or by reading an instruction sheet posted at the kiosk, what action to take.
In addition to reducing delays at health system entrances, due to the kiosk not physically touching people they require no sanitation after use and do not require two people to stand close to each other, as happens when a door screener uses a traditional thermometer. Use of the kiosk will also reduce the number of screening staff needed at the select health system entrances during peak times of day.
“Screening people for fever has become standard operating procedure for the safety of public and staff,” said Maureen Kahn, president/chief executive officer, Blessing Health System. “The temperature kiosks make this vital safety step quicker, more efficient and a bit more fun.”
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Source: Blessing Health System
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