Parent guide for temperature measurement

Each thermometer has advantages and disadvantages. Parents need to note during use. Mercury thermometers are the type most commonly used thermometer, inexpensive, however, do constitute from fragile glass and mercury will be very dangerous when used for small children. Electronic thermometers also ordinarily measured temperature accurate quickly without worry of broken glass and mercury. You can measure the temperature in the ear, forehead, mouth, armpits, anus with a variety of shapes, sizes.

However, as any thermometer, proper technique is the use of very important elements to get the most accurate temperature.

How to measure temperature for most standard

-Measured in the armpit

Make the child's armpit hygiene before measuring. Measuring heads the thermometer into the middle of armpit stars for the show revolve on the in person. Young giiữ thermometer Guide by squeezing the arms again. If infants or small children, parents need to keep the light arms to avoid baby arm movements. To 45 degrees angle 1 slight.

So much influence by the environment should, when reading the results, parents need to +/-0.5 degrees error when measuring the temperature in the armpit

-Measure the temperature in the mouth

With this measurement, the thermometer should use only the pen form. Guide young mouth shut for about 5 minutes before the measurement. Place the thermometer under the tongue so that the measuring head of the thermometer in the left or right side of the tongue. Pressed tongue down to the middle of the thermometer in place, don't let it slide out of her mouth.

After the broadcasting signal thermometer measurement (beep ... beep ... beep) keep the thermometer in the young miêng more about 5 seconds then pulled out to the thermometer read results.

-Measure the temperature in the ear

Measure the temperature in the ear should not be used for infants because the baby's ears are too small or the older pathological levels of disaster as otitis.

When measuring the mother should pull the ear light baby stars for straight ears and to probe placed in ears to fit, first measure towards the eardrum to give accurate measurement results.

-Measure the temperature in the forehead

Parents note do not wipe the brow dry, even most of the hair on the forehead. Use infrared temperature, place the probe in the middle of the forehead, not more than 5 cm.

-The measurement in the anus

The mother put the first light measuring about 1.3 cm less in the anus. Do not try to probe into the anus If the child tries to resist and to hygiene and the thermometer after use.

Note When buying the anal thermometer should select types have a pointed flexible and wide grip to top of the thermometer goes into the baby's anus several cm. By type of thermometers have long pointed, longer narrow grip, then when the baby cried, pointed sexual harassment of the thermometer easy going into the anus, which can be dangerous.

In addition to the technical factors to measure, you need to note:

-Should not measure the temperature immediately after bathing, exercise, eating or drinking because will making the wrong measuring results. Should wait at least 30 minutes before measuring.

-If the difference between the temperature and the temperature of the thermometer to the place where the measurement, you should leave the thermometer in the room measure to stabilize the environment for about 30 minutes for new progress measure.

- Results measurement can show low or high when you measure when just outside Sun winter, sunlight heats the home.

-Should the thermometer measured 3 times and get the highest temperature.

-Always keep clean the measuring position and the head of the IR thermometer.=