Validation and inter-rater reliability of inexpensive, mini, no-touch infrared surface thermometry devices as an assessment tool for prediction of wound-related deep and surrounding infection.
Industrial infrared thermometry devices are large and, despite being less expensive than the current gold standard Exergen Dermatemp medical infrared thermometer, are still not affordable enough to ensure unrestricted and consistent use of this assessment modality in regular wound-related day-to-day...
| Published in: | World Council of Enterostomal Therapists Journal Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 18 - 23 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Cambridge Publishing
Mar2019
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