Community Temperature Log

Note: This app cannot be used without first creating an online account as an administrator.

Various infectious diseases can cause a change in body temperature that follow a certain profile. By monitoring the body temperature of individuals within a facility, business, or school, administrators can keep a better watch on the health of those within.

The purpose of this app is to facilitate the collection of body temperature measurements for further automated analysis.

After creating a password-protected account at the website, the administrator specifies the number of individuals whose temperature data are to be collected, identifying each individual only by a unique ID and an optional nickname/group name. The website then creates a roster with a QR-code assigned to each individual, and then it emails this QR code roster to the administrator to distribute QR codes to the individuals. The administrator then adds individuals who will be collecting these temperature measurements via this app and inputs their email addresses, and the website emails these users their own login credentials.

At no point will the app collect or process personally identifiable data. The app itself will only process the unique IDs and captured readings.

After launching the app and logging in, the roster associated with this login is downloaded to the phone automatically.

For data collection, the smartphone camera first reads the individual’s QR code displayed on a badge or a printed sheet of paper, and verifies that the QR code exists within the registered roster. Then the user measures the individual’s body temperature with their own digital thermometer. The smartphone camera then automatically reads the temperature off the digital thermometer display and uploads it to the website for further analysis.