Occobaby clinical digital baby thermometer. A medical thermometer also called clinical thermometer is used for measuring human or animal body temperaturethe tip of the thermometer is inserted into the mouth under the tongue oral or sub lingual temperature under the armpit axillary temperature into the rectum via the anus rectal temperature into the ear tympanic temperature or on the forehead temporal temperature. What method of non invasive body temperature measurement is the most accurate and precise for use in patients. Temperature is the measure of heat in the body. As measured using both rectal probes and electronic thermometer. It is developed for measuring the human body temperature.
However no person always has exactly the same temperature at every moment of the day. In fact this unit will rapidly measure your babys temperature 6times faster than the conventional thermometers. It is a long narrow glass tube with a bulb containing mercury at the end. Remove the thermometer and read it. The primary objective of clinical temperature measurement is to accurately assess a patients core body temperature. Clean the thermometer with cool soapy water and rinse it.
Correlations were r091 esophageal probe and ta. A thermometer is used to measure body temperature. Fast read digital clinical thermometer kd 2050 fever thermometer instructions for useplease read carefully before using the device features fast oral and rectal temperature measurement in around 10 seconds with proper use. The instrument which is used for measuring temperature is a thermometer. Which can fluctuate between the ranges 35c to 42c. Clinical thermometers are meant for clinical purposes.
A rectal temperature reading may be as much as 1f 06c higher than an oral temperature reading. Thermotrend helps you better understand your health by showing the trend of last 3 temperatures measured. The normal human body temperature is 37c. The other scales used to measure the temperature are celsius or fahrenheit. Temperature control thermoregulation is part of a homeostatic mechanism that keeps the organism at optimum operating temperature as the temperature affects the rate of chemical reactionsin humans the average internal temperature is 370 c 986 f though it varies around this point by 05 to 1 c. Considering the importance of an accurate method for assessing the body temperature of patients in the intensive care unit icu by using a thermometer and the controversial findings of the previous studies this study was conducted for determining the accuracy and precision of the four methods of temperature measurement oral axillary tympanic and forehead when.
The si unit used to measure the temperature in kelvink. Memory displays for the last temperature taken. The occobaby clinical thermometer is designed to suit the needs of babies and its ultra fast to suit various temperature measurement applications. Temperature characterizes the body as hot or cold. A thermometer used for measuring rectal temperature should not be used to measure oral temperature. In almost all clinical settings nearly every patient is first monitored for vital signs temperature heart rate blood pressure and respiration rate to screen for the presence or absence of a clinical condition requiring medical treatment.