Continuous Temperature Measurement for Syndromic Surveillance

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Continuous Temperature, Syndromic Surveillance, Long-term Care

In brief

Is it possible to detect infection before it is clinically apparent? Fever is one indicator of infection. However, until recently, continuous temperature monitoring has not been feasible. With the advent of microelectronics, long battery life, and wireless transmission, it is now possible to continuously measure, record and report body temperature. For a period of 90 days, residents of a long-term care facility will have their body temperature monitored and then those measurements will then be compared against other available healthcare data such as other recorded vital signs, nursing notes, provider visits, antibiotics, and hospitalization records for correlation of underlying infection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03345277

Run by

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

People needed

0

Starts

2017-12-01

Expected to finish

2019-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-05

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Residents of a long-term care facility

You may not qualify if…

• Residents who choose not to participate or are determined, by their care providers, to be inappropriate for inclusion.

Where it is running

• Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

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