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devices specifications due to www.AmericanSecurityToday.com the hygiene concerns recently raised due to COVID-19 pan- demic. demic ed with several April manufacturers 2020 - Edition 43 of credentialing devices to learn more about the trends that they see coming, coming and how they are ad- dressing product features to meet An internal study is currently un- the current and future needs of derway to change all access con- their clients. clients trol devices to “ “contactless contactless””, ei- ther hand-wave or possibly BLE Larry Reed, Reed CEO of ZKTECO Bluetooth. Bluetooth USA (a biometrics manufactur- To gain further insight, insight we talk- er) said that “fever fever detection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3El1OhpHaOA ( Automatic Systems' SlimLane optical turnstiles are shown integrated with the Idemia Mor- pho Handwave biometric reader. reader . This is a fast, high throughput, secure, and hygiene oriented solution to pedestrian access and entrance control. The legacy of COVID-19 causes all security and facility professionals to look for better credential control, authorization readers, and entrance control solutions. solutions . This technology will be considered for its advantages over typical card readers and fingerprint biometrics.) biometrics .) 16