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Subject: Re: RT 4 today Author: Es [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Monday, March 25, 2024, 04:50: pm In reply to: mike 's message, "RT 4 today" on Saturday, August 07, 2021, 12:17: am I don't know how in other parts of the world, but in Europe traditional medical thermometers are generally no longer produced nor sold. It's been already years since I saw anything but contactless electronic thermometers. As one can guess, a typical measurement is done by putting the device near patient's forehead and clicking a button of sorts... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: RT 4 today Author: phillip [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 03:33: am I suppose you might be right about Europe but there are some homes and clinic in North America where electronic thermometers have not got much traction in some places in North America. One of the biggest problem concerning electronic thermometers is inconsistent readings as opposed to a glass thermometer produce consistently, reliable results which more than offsets the minor inconvenience the few minutes it take to acquire a reading. In a clinical environment, the average time required to obtain a reading can be reduced significantly by taking the temperature of a few patients at a time. However, special consideration should be accounted for a youngster having an intellectual or emotional shortcoming which would impact on the ability to keep a glass oral thermometer intact while placed in the mouth. That is, an accommodation can be made to include a youngster having a temperature taken rectally with a glass rectal thermometer and thus not affecting the average time it takes to obtain a temperature reading. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: RT 4 today Author: Geo. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 02:35: pm Contactless (infrared) thermometers are notoriously inaccurate. The joke amongst healthcare providers is that they are only used when you're required to take a temp. (such as part of vital signs) and not when you actually want to know what the temp is. That said, there are many alternatives to the 5 minute glass rectal thermometer. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]