NCT03147534

Comparison of Thermometry in Canada for Pediatrics

Comparison of the InstaTemp MD® Infrared Thermometer With Standard Thermometry in Canadian Routine Clinical Practice

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: ARC Devices · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Compare and assess the accuracy and reliability of the InstaTemp MD® device to techniques presently in use for measuring temperature in infants and children in a Canadian clinical setting.

Detailed description

This study is designed as a multi-center study. This study will involve collecting temperatures on patients using the InstaTemp MD® device and the traditional method used in the clinical setting. Reliability and agreement of the InstaTemp MD® will be compared to the current Canadian Paediatric Society's definitely recommended methods of temperature measurement in certain age cohorts of infants and children.

Conditions

• Healthy
• Febrile Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	InstaTemp MD	The InstaTemp MD is a hand held electronic infrared thermometer that is intended to accurately measure human body temperature without contact with the human body.
DEVICE	"Welch Allyn", rectal	The "Welch Allyn" rectal thermometer is intended to measure human body temperature.
DEVICE	"Welch Allyn", oral	The "Welch Allyn" oral thermometer is intended to measure human body temperature.
DEVICE	Covidien, tympanic	The Covidien tympanic thermometer is intended to measure human body temperature.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-08
• Completion: 2018-05-08
• First posted: 2017-05-10
• Last updated: 2021-01-14

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study