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

体温是一项关键的生命体征，医务人员用它来诊断和监测病人的健康状况。TriMedika已经成功开发并商业化了“triitemp”，这是一种手持非接触式红外临床（医院）级温度计，可以快速、准确、无创地测量温度。然而，在大多数医院，护士使用鼓膜（耳朵）体温计测量病人的体温仍然是正常做法，这不仅使病人暴露于可能的感染（因为它涉及到病人接触），而且需要使用一次性塑料护套，大大增加了NHS的成本，而且对环境不利。然后护士将这一读数（手动）抄写到图表和/或键盘输入到生命体征监测单元，即：1。1 .浪费护士的时间；2 .对数据传输中的转录错误开放；3 .容易出现人为错误（忘记记录数据）；4 .手工纸质记录和书写设备的处理增加了感染风险；由于临床医生无法立即看到最新的生命体征数据，因此对患者的护理时间至关重要，从而增加了患者（特别是ICU、老年和儿科患者等弱势群体）的风险。TriMedika旨在通过开发首个临床批准的无线非接触式连接温度计来解决这些问题，该温度计将能够高效安全地收集患者和操作员的数据，并将这些信息自动安全地传输到医院的电子医疗记录（“EMR”）**。如果没有及时记录生命体征，临床决定可能会太晚而影响患者的预后。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，并改善临床医生的工作流程。

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.