Development of a wireless "connected" non-contact clinical grade thermometer, to support hospital digital transformation and enhance patient outcomes

温度是一个关键的生命体征，由医务人员用于诊断和监测病人的健康状况。TriMedika已成功开发和商业化的“TriTemp”，手持非接触式红外线临床（医院）级体温计，可快速、准确和非侵入性地测量体温。然而，在大多数医院，护士使用鼓膜（耳）体温计测量患者体温仍然是正常做法，这不仅使患者面临可能的感染（因为它涉及患者接触），而且还需要一次性塑料护套，显著增加了NHS成本并且对环境不利。然后护士将这个阅读转录下来（** 手动 **）输入到图表和/或键盘输入到生命体征监测单元，这是：1.浪费护士的时间; 2.在数据传输中容易出现转录错误; 3.容易出现人为错误（忘记记录数据）; 4.由于手动纸质记录和书写设备的处理，增加了感染风险; 5.由于临床医生无法立即看到最新的生命体征数据，因此患者护理的时间至关重要，从而增加了患者的风险（特别是伊斯兰法院联盟等弱势群体，TriMedika旨在通过开发有史以来第一个临床批准的无线非接触式 ** 连接 ** 来解决这些问题。电子体温计能够高效、安全地收集患者和操作员数据，并 ** 将这些信息自动、安全地传送到医院的电子病历（“EMR”）**。如果没有及时记录生命体征，临床决策可能会太晚触发，影响患者的治疗效果。因此，越来越需要提高获取和记录生命体征数据的效率，以确保患者安全，增强患者体验并改善临床医生工作流程。

Temperature is a key vital sign, used by medical staff in diagnosing and monitoring a patient's state of health. TriMedika has successfully developed and commercialised "TriTemp", a handheld non-contact infrared clinical (hospital)-grade thermometer that measures temperature rapidly, accurately and non-invasively.However, it is still normal practice in most hospitals for nurses to take a patient's temperature using a tympanic (ear) thermometer, which not only exposes the patient to possible infection (as it involves patient contact), but also requires single-use plastic sheaths, significantly adding to NHS costs and which are poor for the environment. The nurse then transcribes this reading (**manually**) onto a chart and/or keyboard entry onto a vital signs monitoring unit which is:1.wasteful of nurses' time;2.open to transcription errors in the transfer of data;3.open to human error (forgetting to record the data);4.increasing infection risk due to the handling of manual paper-based records and writing devices;5.time critical for patient care as up-to-date vital signs data is not visible immediately to clinicians, thereby increasing risk for patients (in particular, vulnerable groups such as ICU, geriatric and paediatric patients).TriMedika aims to address these issues by developing the first-ever clinically approved wireless non-contact **connected** thermometer which will enable the efficient and safe collection of patient and operator data and **deliver this information automatically and securely onto the hospital's electronic medical records ("EMR")**.Without timely documentation of vital signs, clinical decisions may trigger too late to impact patient outcomes. Hence there's a growing need to improve efficiencies in obtaining and documenting vital signs data to ensure patient safety, enhance patients' experience, and improve clinician workflows.