Standard Guide for Selecting an Appropriate Electronic Thermometer for Replacing Mercury Thermometers in D04 Road and Paving Standards

2017 ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Electronic Thermometer

scholarly journals Assessment of Saudi Parents’ Beliefs and Behaviors towards Management of Child Fever in Saudi Arabia—A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5217
Author(s):  
Mohamed N. Al Arifi ◽  
Abdulrahman Alwhaibi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Febrile Seizures ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Electronic Thermometer ◽  
And Behavior

Objective: Fever alone can lead to rare serious complications in children, such as febrile seizures. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, beliefs, and behavior of parents toward fever and its management. Methods: A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire was applied over a period of 3 months, from January to March 2018, to parents who were living in Saudi Arabia. The inclusion criteria were a parent who is a resident of Saudi Arabia, with at least one child aged 6 years or less, while incomplete questionnaires, having a child aged more than 6 years, or parents who were not living in Saudi Arabia were excluded. Results: A total of 656 parents completed the questionnaire. More than two-thirds of the subjects were female, the majority of whom were aged between 25–33 years old. The best-reported place to measure the temperature of children was the armpit (46%), followed by the ear (28%) and the mouth (10.7%). More than half of the parents considered their children feverish at a temperature of 38 °C. The majority of parents (79.7%) reported that the most serious side effects of fever were seizure, brain damage (39.3%), coma (29.9%), dehydration (29.7%), and death (25%). The most common method used to measure a child’s temperature was an electronic thermometer (62.3%). The most common antipyretic was paracetamol (84.5%). Conclusions: Our study demonstrates the good knowledge of parents in identifying a feverish temperature using the recommended route and tools for measuring body temperature.

Evaluation of Chemical Dot Thermometers for Measuring Body Temperature of Orally Intubated Patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Potter ◽  
Marilyn Schallom ◽  
Susan Davis ◽  
Carrie Sona ◽  
Maryellen McSweeney
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Surgical Trauma ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Acceptable Alternative ◽  
Single Use ◽  
Electronic Thermometer ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Subsequent Patient

• Background Recent research indicates that oral measurement of body temperature is a reliable option in orally intubated patients. In situations such as protective isolation, where dedicated electronic thermometers are not available, are single-use chemical dot thermometers an acceptable alternative?• Objective To determine the accuracy of single-use chemical dot thermometers in orally intubated adult patients.• Methods Subjects included a convenience sample of 85 adult patients admitted to 1 of 2 intensive care units (surgical trauma and neuroscience). For each patient, oral temperatures were measured concurrently (within 5 minutes) with a chemical dot thermometer and an electronic thermometer. The sequence of temperature measurements was alternated with each subsequent patient. Both thermometers were placed in the same posterior sublingual pocket opposite the side of the endotracheal tube.• Results Measurements obtained with electronic and single-use chemical dot thermometers correlated strongly (r = 0.937). With the chemical dot thermometer, body temperature was overestimated in 11.8% of the measurements and underestimated in 10.8% of the measurements by 0.4°C or more. The difference between oral temperatures measured with the 2 different thermometers was not related to the patient’s age, sex, or sublingual pocket location or to the order of thermometer use.• Conclusion The chemical dot thermometer is useful and reliable for measuring body temperature of orally intubated patients. When measurements of body temperature have important consequences for decisions about treatment, clinicians should use an electronic thermometer to confirm measurements made with a chemical dot thermometer.

A New Method for Monitoring Deep Body Temperature from the Skin Surface

1973 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Fox ◽  
A. J. Solman ◽  
R. Isaacs ◽  
A. J. Fry ◽  
I. C. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Heat Flow ◽  
Skin Surface ◽  
The Body ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
New Device ◽  
Body Shell ◽  
Electronic Thermometer ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Deep Body

1. A new technique for monitoring the deep body temperature is described. The technique depends on creating a zone of zero heat-flow across the body shell; this brings the deep body temperature to the skin surface where it is measured with a simple electronic thermometer. 2. The new device gives a temperature closely comparable with other methods for measuring the deep body temperature in the resting subject, and is simple to use and socially acceptable.

Calibration of Thermostatic Bath Used on Electronic Thermometer Verification

2014 ◽  
Vol 635-637 ◽  
pp. 819-823
Author(s):  
Qin Qing Zeng ◽  
Le Chen ◽  
Min Xie ◽  
Ya Qiong Fu ◽  
Zhen Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
Measurement Uncertainty ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Standard Device ◽  
Experiment Method ◽  
Performance Specifications ◽  
Calibration Device ◽  
Electronic Thermometer

In order to research the uniformity and volatility of thermostatic bath used on electronic thermometer verification, a method based on thermostat technical performance specifications is presented. Including the introduction of calibration device, the choice of standard device and experiment method. In the end the uncertainty analysis on the measurement of thermostatic bath uniformity and volatility is made. Experiment results show that the uniformity and volatility of this thermostatic bath are 0.0091°C and 0.0087°C/10min with the measurement uncertainty of 0.018°C, The results meet the requirements of electronic thermometer verification. It provides guarantee for the next electronic thermometer verification.

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