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Comparing infrared thermometers with more traditional methods for measuring children's body temperature
Acute paediatrics Clinical General NIHR Community Healthcare Cooperative
8 December 2020
General practitioners commonly measure children’s temperature using a thermometer placed in the armpit or ear canal. New ’non-contact’ thermometers use infrared light to measure temperature without touching the child. They are easy to use and there is no risk of passing on infections. However, we do not know how well they measure temperature compared with thermometers that use the armpit or the ear.
Community Healthcare MIC co-leads platform to accelerate COVID-19 tests into real-world community and hospital use
Clinical General Industry NIHR Community Healthcare Cooperative Research Technologies
24 June 2020
COVID-19: Online Medical Device Regulation Tool Goes Live
Clinical General Industry NIHR Community Healthcare Cooperative Research Technologies
20 April 2020
A digital tool to make it easier to understand how medical device regulations apply to your product in the current climate.
Determining the clinical course in patients with viral or bacterial infection for acute cough
Antimicrobial prescribing Clinical NIHR Community Healthcare Cooperative
5 March 2020
Are there differences in symptoms between viral and bacterial respiratory tract infections that doctors could use to distinguish between the two types of infection and thus reduce antibiotic over prescribing?
Point-of-care flu tests don't lower antibiotic prescribing, study finds
Antimicrobial prescribing Clinical
6 November 2018
Tests also have no effect on admission or return visits, finds research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Analysis of community blood test requests highlights potential demand for multiplex platforms
Clinical Industry Methods Technologies
21 September 2018
A team from the NIHR Community Healthcare MIC analysed data from over 11.7 million laboratory blood tests.