Medical News

Critical Error in Bhavani Paper Puts Black Patients at Risk – Incorrectly States Temporal Artery Thermometers Miss Fevers in Black Patients When In Fact Oral/Rectal Thermometers Miss Fevers

Exergen Will Replace Inaccurate Oral/Rectal Thermometers in Healthcare Facilities  The newly published Bhavani paper [1] contains an egregious error that puts Black people at risk, incorrectly stating that temporal artery thermometers miss fevers in Black patients. A subsequently published JAMA study from Pompei et al [2] rebuts the Bhavani findings and proves that oral/rectal thermometers, […]

Exergen Continues Mission of Bringing the World’s Accurate Thermometer to Consumers, Healthcare Professionals, and Retailers

Sets Standard for Technology, Scientific Research, and Partnerships with Medical Professionals, and Retailers For more than 20 years, Exergen Corporation has manufactured the only thermometer whose accuracy is backed by a mounting body of peer-reviewed published clinical studies, which now stands at 117. These studies speak to the thermometer’s efficacy, accuracy, and convenience, along with […]

Medicana Health Group Chooses Exergen’s Professional Entry Level TAT-2000-EC Temporal Artery Thermometer

Exergen Corporation, a leading provider of infrared temperature measurement for medical applications, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a major contract to supply the TAT-2000-EC Temporal Artery Thermometer to Medicine Health Group of Turkey. Medicine Health Group is a leading reference health care group in Turkey, with 14 hospitals and over 10 thousand […]

Exergen Congratulates Newsweek’s 15 Best Performing Hospitals in Norway

More than two third use high-quality Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometers Newsweek’s Best Hospitals honor roll highlights 15 of Norway’s best hospitals. Over 2,200 hospitals around the world are included in the list. This is the list of top performers in Norway: Oslo Universitetssykehus Olavs Hospital Haukeland Universitetssykehus Diakonhjemmet Oslo Universitetssykehus Nord-Norge Stavanger Universitetssykehus Akershus Universitetssykehus […]

Benjamin Kalm Joins Exergen as Latin America and Caribbean Sales Director

Exergen Corporation, the leader in infrared temperature measurement for medical applications, is pleased to announce that Benjamin Kalm Laub has been appointed sales director for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In this increasingly important region, Mr. Kalm Laub will be responsible for all Exergen’s sales and support services. Originally from Chile, Benjamin Kalm Laub […]

Exergen signs agreement with Diagramm Halbach for distribution of Temporal Artery Thermometers in Germany

Exergen Corporation, the leader in infrared temperature measurement for medical applications, is pleased to announce that Diagramm Halbach has signed an agreement to distribute the TAT-5000S-EC and TAT-2000-EC Temporal Artery Thermometers in Germany. According to Martin Piela, Medical Director at Diagramm Halbach, Diagramm Halbach is a family-owned business that specializes in healthcare products. “Our company, based […]

THE ONLY “MASK FRIENDLY” THERMOMETER

  EXERGEN, THE ONLY “MASK FRIENDLY” THERMOMETER, GIVES AN ACCURATE TEMPERATURE READING WITH A SIMPLE FOREHEAD SCAN – NO NEED TO REMOVE MASK AND RISK EXPOSURE With the U.S. in the grip of a “tri-demic” of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), new Covid variants, and the highest flu hospitalization rates in more than a decade, accurately […]

Exergen and Nidek Medical India Participate in “Medicall” Expo in New Delhi, India

Health care professionals will be able to see for themselves the benefits of using the innovative Temporal Artery Thermometer in hospitals, clinics, and at home Exergen, a global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, will exhibit its TAT-5000, TAT-2000, and TAT-2000C thermometers at “Medicall” Expo in Delhi, 17-19 September 2022. Highly accurate, […]

NIDEK Medical and Exergen sign an agreement for distribution of Temporal Artery Thermometers in India

Exergen Corporation, the leader in infrared temperature measurement for medical applications, is pleased to announce that NIDEK Medical, a pan Indian Medical distributor,  has signed an agreement to distribute the temporal artery line consisting of the TAT-5000, TAT-2000 and TAT-2000C Temporal Artery Thermometers and accessories in India. “NIDEK Medical is delighted to be adding a […]

Exergen Congratulates Boston Children’s Hospital

U.S. New and World Report Names Boston Children's Hospital #1 Pediatric Hospital for Ninth Straight Year    U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings, has announced the results of its 2022-2023 Best Children's Hospitals. Now in its 16th year, the annual hospital rankings are designed to help families find the best medical care […]

Editorial – Clinicum magazine – Switzerland on Innovation in thermometry: Taking temperatures using the temporal artery

Exergen has developed an highly advanced and innovative way of taking a patient’s temperature using non-invasive infrared technology that is highly beneficial for productivity. Let's take a moment to consider this question before diving into innovations in clinical thermometry: do thermometers that measure the blood temperature in the temporal artery have anything to do with […]

Temporal Artery Thermometers are intended to change the way the world takes temperature

The global thermometer market will almost quadruple from 2020 to 2026. The CAGR worldwide is 6.5%. India is growing at a rate of more than 10% per year. Factors that determine the market include regulations and expanding thermometry usage in areas that had not previously used thermometers, like airports, restaurants, businesses, and shopping malls. Shahid […]

Exergen enters into collaboration with ECOMED in Australia and New Zealand

Signs marketing and distribution agreement with ECOMED for full line of professional non-invasive high-tech thermometers for hospitals and healthcare institutions Exergen Corporation, a global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, announced today that it has signed a marketing and distribution contract with ECOMED to market the professional series Temporal Artery Thermometers in […]

Numerous Nursing Textbooks Underscore Exergen’s Vital Role in Professional Health Care Community

The Only Thermometer Brand Used in Healthcare Available to Consumers  Exergen has long been established as the only accurate medical thermometer used in a wide spectrum of healthcare settings, including home use, so it’s no surprise that it has also been part of the nursing profession’s educational curriculum for 20 years. Published textbooks from 2022 […]

FDA Posts Draft Transition Plan For Medical Devices That Fall Within Enforcement Policies Issued During The Covid 19 Public Health Emergency

Exergen calls on FDA to recall and prevent future sale of non-contact infrared thermometers whose inaccuracy is a danger to the public health The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given public access to its draft guidance entitled “Transition Plan for Medical Devices That Fall Within Enforcement Policies Issued During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public […]

FDA Study Proves Non-Contact Infrared Thermometers (NCITs) are an Unreliable Temperature Screening Tool

FDA study highlights misleading labeling by NCIT manufacturers Since the start of the pandemic, non-contact infrared thermometers (NCITs) have become the primary tool used in public temperature screenings, even though extensive scientific research has proven that they do not produce reliable or accurate temperature readings. Now, an important new study[1] published by the FDA adds […]

Government of India Has Granted Metrology Certificates to Exergen

Exergen Corporation, the global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, is pleased to announce that the Government of India has granted Metrology Certificates to Exergen Corp. for its full line of Temporal Artery Thermometers (TAT) for both professional and at-home use. “Receiving Metrology Certificates for the TAT-5000, the TAT-5000S, the TAT-2000 and […]

US FDA Clinical Study Proves Non-Contact Thermometers Fail To Meet Accuracy Specifications

Exergen: FDA Study Reveals Misleading Labeling by NCIT Manufacturers Regarding Accuracy Since the start of the pandemic, non-contact infrared thermometers (NCITs) have been widely used as a screening method for fever detection in healthcare and public settings, as fever is a leading sign of Covid. Now, a new FDA published study1 demonstrates their failure to […]