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Exergen TAT-5000S
Step 1
Place probe flush on
center of forehead and
depress button. Keeping
button depressed,
slowly slide probe mid-
line across forehead to
the hair line.
Step 2
Release button, remove
from head and read.
The preferred site is
the temporal artery
area. Unless visibly
diaphoretic, one
measurement here
is typically all that is
required.
Measure straight across
the forehead and not
down side of face.
At mid-line, the temporal
artery is about 2 mm
below the surface, but
can go deeply below the
surface on the side of the
face.
If the temporal artery
is covered, then the
area behind the ear,
if exposed, can be an
alternate site.
Brush the hair aside if
covering the area to be
measured. Measurement
site must be exposed.
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