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When you have a cold, your mommy or daddy might use a special tool with a silly name — an electronic thermometer — to see if you have a fever. A Digital Clinical Thermometers can indicate how hot or cold your body is. Hangzhou Huaan Medical & Health Instruments is here to tell you how to use a digital thermometer properly to keep you safe.
How to Calibrate a Digital Thermometer for Accuracy?
Digital thermometers can be used a number of ways: orally, under the arm, or rectally. This process is known as calibrating the thermometer. If you’re there, here’s how you do it (just as with a standard thermometer, follow the instructions for your thermometer): Make certain it displays the correct temperature when you test it with hot or cold water. If it does not, seek an adult’s help or replace the batteries if necessary.
How To Insert the Probe for Accurate?
When you’ve switched to a digital thermometers, the key is to put the probe where it belongs to get an accurate reading. This is the long, sticklike part of the thermometer known as the probe. For most digital thermometers, you have to put the probe into your mouth beneath your tongue. Now leave it there while you hear a beep, telling you that the thermometer is done taking your temperature. And don’t chatter with the thermometer in place, because it will influence the reading.
How do I use my thermometer?
Digital thermometers have modes and options that vary from product to product and may be confusing. But knowing how they work is necessary for getting the most accurate results. Some digital thermometer for oral offer multiple modes for testing temperatures in areas such as your ear, armpit or forehead. Be sure to read the instructions so you can select the mode that’s right for where you want to measure your temperature. Furthermore, there are thermometers with settings to toggle between Fahrenheit and Celsius, go with what you feel most comfortable with.
How to clean and store your digital thermometer?
To help ensure your digital thermometer works smoothly and you get accurate readings, you need to keep it clean after every use. Wipe the probe gently with alcohol dampened soft cloth or cotton swab. Just do not get water or alcohol inside the thermometer, which can wreck it. After cleaning your digital thermometer, keep it in a cool and dry location that is not in direct sun and is not hot or cold. Better hang on to that in the case or other safe spot where it won’t get trashed.
