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Important Notes about Taking Temperature Measurement
of Infants & Juveniles!
Doctors recommend rectal measurement for newborn infants
within the first 6 months, as all other measuring methods might
lead to ambiguous results. If using a non-contact thermometer
on infants of this age range, we always recommend verifying the
temperature readings with a rectal measurement!
In the following situation it is recommended that three tem-
peratures are taken with the highest one taken as the reading:
1. New born infants in the first 100 days.
2. Children under age of three with a compromised immune
system and for whom the presence or absence of fever is
critical.
3. When the user is learning how to use the thermometer for the
first time, until he/she has familiarized himself/herself with
the device and capable of obtaining consistent readings.
4. If the measurement is surprisingly low.
Note
Readings from different measurement sites should not be com-
pared because the normal body temperature varies between dif-
ferent measurement sites and the time of the day, being highest
in the evening and lowest about one hour before waking up.
Normal body temperature ranges:
– Axillar: 34.7 - 37.3ºC
– Oral: 35.5 - 37.5ºC
– Rectal: 36.6 - 38.0ºC
– bosotherm diagnostic: 35.4 - 37.4ºC
– Objects with a low IR emission level can return temperature
data which is below the actual object temperature.
– Do not touch the lens of the infrared sensor – contaminations
on the lens can cause inaccuracies in the temperature display.
