The phrase "that screens for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is being used to detect or test for something else. For example, "This new medical device that screens for breast cancer is expected to save thousands of lives."
Mr. Gore and Mr. Blood founded an investment partnership named Generation that screens for long-term sustainability.
Some detectors contain slivers of americium-241; the isotope's constant emission of radiation creates a chemical process that screens for smoke.
He has attributed that lapse to a glitch in a computer system that screens for potential conflicts in the assigning of cases to judges.
The software was later restored to detect efforts at hacking, but without the program that screens for uses like music, gambling and pornography.
He was presumably on his way to the Toronto International Film Festival to help publicize "The Eye of the Storm," an Australian family drama that screens for the public here on Sunday.
Mr. Simons uses a computer model that screens for companies with superior earnings characteristics and picks companies whose returns on equity exceed that of the S.& P. 500 average, now 24percentt.
And there are kits that screen for H.I.V.: when customers buy the kit ($90), they receive a confidential number.
Dr. Fox noted that "there are states that screen for galactosemia, and that incidence is 1 in 60,000, and states that don't screen for sickle cell anemia, and that incidence is 1 in 600".
Some studies have shown that screening for aneurysms is warranted if there is a family history of them.
Most physicians (77%) agreed that screening for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome during pregnancy should be mandatory.
Until now, no randomized study has shown that screening for lung cancer can save lives.
