Outbreak screening that doesn't stop at the front gate.
Forehead guns at the door catch a fever once a day. Wearable continuous monitoring watches the whole group, all day — and flags the first sign of a cluster.
Why gate checks aren't a fever screening system
A student or worker who passes the morning check can spike a fever by noon and expose others for hours. During an active outbreak, once-daily screening is a sieve.
- Fevers that develop during the day go undetected
- Screening queues cost time and create crowding
- Paper logs make cluster detection slow
Continuous fever monitoring across a school or worksite
All-day group surveillance
Everyone wearing a P20 is monitored continuously — the moment anyone crosses the threshold, staff know.
Dashboard for the whole site
A single dashboard shows every monitored person, with alerts and trends grouped by class, floor or team.
Deploys in hours
Stick-on sensors and plug-in gateways — a site can be live the same day the decision is made.
A fever screening system that deploys in hours
- Same platform used in city-scale quarantine deployments
- Automatic records support health-authority reporting
- Scales from one classroom to an entire campus
Fever screening system vs one-time gate temperature checks
The gap that once-daily workplace temperature screening leaves open
A forehead gun at the entrance answers one question at one moment: did this person have a fever when they walked in? It says nothing about the rest of the day. Someone who passes a morning check can develop a fever by midday and remain in a shared space for hours before anyone notices. A fever screening system built on continuous wearable sensors closes that gap by monitoring throughout the day rather than at a single checkpoint.
How school fever monitoring works at group scale
Rather than queuing students or staff at a single checkpoint, each wearer's sensor streams readings continuously to a site dashboard. Alerts and trends can be grouped by classroom, floor or team, so staff see exactly who has crossed a threshold and where, without needing to re-screen the entire group at intervals through the day. This is the same underlying architecture used in our ward-level hospital deployments, adapted to a school or workplace setting.
Deploying outbreak temperature surveillance quickly
During an active outbreak, the value of a screening system depends heavily on how fast it can be stood up. P20's stick-on sensors and plug-in gateways require no wiring and minimal staff training — the deployment model was proven under real outbreak conditions in our Guangzhou and Nanjing case study, where sites needed to be brought online in days rather than weeks.
What data a site gains for reporting and cluster detection
Continuous monitoring produces digital records automatically, which is useful both for internal tracking and where health-authority reporting is required during an outbreak. Because the system flags abnormal readings in real time rather than relying on paper logs reviewed later, cluster patterns — several people trending upward around the same time — are visible far sooner than with periodic manual screening.
Fever screening system questions
How is a continuous fever screening system different from a temperature-check gate?
A gate check captures one reading per person per day, typically at entry. A continuous system monitors each wearer throughout the day via a wearable sensor, so a fever developing after the morning check is still caught and flagged in real time.
How quickly can workplace temperature screening be deployed during an outbreak?
Deployment uses stick-on sensors and plug-in gateways with no wiring required, which allowed facilities in our outbreak-response case study to be brought online within days. Exact timelines depend on site size and layout.
Can the system distinguish between different classrooms, floors or teams?
Yes. The dashboard can group monitored individuals by classroom, floor or team, so staff can see at a glance where an alert originated rather than having a single undifferentiated list.
Does outbreak temperature surveillance produce records for health authorities?
The system generates digital records automatically as it monitors, which can support reporting requirements during an outbreak — though specific reporting formats should be confirmed against your local health authority's requirements.
Is this system reusable outside of outbreak periods?
Yes — the same sensors and dashboard can be scaled down to routine health monitoring in a school or workplace setting outside of active outbreak periods, or scaled back up quickly if conditions change.