Two points. firstly if they have a fever of 38°C they are not assymptomatic. You would be hard pressed not to notice that you have that sort of fever.

Secondly, is there a reason you need to record their temperature? Wouldn't it be just as effective to simple take their temperature, and take action as you felt necessary without recording what their temperature was? Since temperture checking is not a recognised control for COVID on the workplace, it could never be used against you if you didn't record doing it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dont-rely-on-temperature-screening-products-for-detection-of-coronavirus-covid-19-says-mhra

tempearure can be affected by so many things its a totaly unreliable control in this area.

Firstly is there any point to the bio-safety theatre of temperature checking? Only those who create conditions for presenteeism force "sick" workers to arrive at site.

Secondly is there any point recording an individuals temperature over time (after all you only need their name to identify their specific data points) - temperature checking is a go / no go activity valid at time and date of test only.

It sounds like you have fallen in that usual H&S rabbit hole "We have to develop documentary evidence that we are doing something (firm favourite the signature tick list) - then we will consider what legal implications come from what we have done, after all we must have a piece of paper to demonstrate to the auditor we are following our written policies and procedures."

The data protection issues are easily side-stepped by just not writing the numerical result down.

after you have deleted from your Covid controls - "the result of temperature checks are recorded on..."

two points 1. unless it is a medical device or febrile temperature it is absoluetly uslesss.  2. you are gathering this information which is personal to the employee so it is classed as medical in confidence and is protected data.

So long as you are registered to hold it then there are no problems...apart from the fact that in most places the control of that data is poor

Somewhat ironic that the IOSH home page shows someone having their temperature taken on the Covid 19 recourses link.

Chris

even though the original post has been deleted, the next post should still start at #2, so that unfamiliar visitors to this forum have an idea that the original post has been removed/deleted.

Now the forum may look like the ramblings of a certain Western leader?

Sounds like a breach of forum rule 6 - perhaps the moderators would like to re-instate:

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Edited by user 20 August 2021 10:57:04(UTC)  | Reason: test wrap

1 of my clients does record the temp each day. But there is a tremomenter in the entrance lobby. They take their own  temp and then wipe down the thermometer with a wipe and replace in holder. 

They record their own temp on a record sheet for the week. They monitor their own temps and look for a trrend in temp rise. Not a perfect solution but it's 1 of many indicators we use.

The record is then destroyed in a cross cut shredder last thing on a Friday. So no GDPR issues, no one else looks at the sheet unless they highlight an upward trend that can't be explained by other obvious medical issues and they destroy their own record sheet. And the sheet is kept in their locked desk drawer.

Seems to be a workable solutiuon in their particular environment.

I remember back in the day LFT stood for lung function test.  Had me confused there for a moment ...

I was always taught when using acronyms that you should introduce it with full terminology and the shortened version in brackets in the first instance, so the reader knows what it means

Example: personal emergency evacuation plan (PEEP).