Hartmann 925094, Instructions For Use Manual

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Fever alarm
If your child's body temperature is 37.6 °C or higher, the Thermoval baby display
will light up red and output in this way an optical fever alarm.
3. General information on the body temperature
The human body regulates the body temperature to a target value, although it
can fluctuate by up to 1 °C during the course of a day. The temperature inside
the body (core temperature) and the surface temperature on the skin also have
different values. Thus, there is no "normal" body temperature – it depends on
the measurement site. Your body temperature is also influenced by the ambient
temperature, by age, stress, duration of sleep, hormones and physical activity.
While glass and digital thermometers measure the temperature of the human
body directly, with the ear and forehead measurement, the core temperature is
determined via the infrared radiation from the body. This can deviate slightly
from the temperature obtained by rectal, oral or axillary measurement using
digital thermometers, even if the measurement has been carried out correctly.
Measurement table (in °C):
Measurement site
Designation Ear / forehead Anus
Mouth /
armpit
Subnormal temperature < 35.7 < 36.2 < 35.8
Normal temperature 35.8 – 36.9 36.3 – 37.4 35.9 – 37.0
Elevated temperature 37.0 – 37.5 37.5 – 38.0 37.1 – 37.5
Slight fever 37.6 – 38.0 38.1 – 38.5 37.6 – 38.0
Moderate fever 38.1 – 38.5 38.6 – 39.0 38.1 – 38.5
High fever 38.6 – 39.4 39.1 – 39.9 38.6 – 39.5
Very high fever 39.5 – 42.0 40.0 – 42.5 39.6 – 42.0
• The measurement in the ear and on the forehead can produce differing results,
as the forehead temperature depends more on external influences than the
temperature of the eardrum.
• The forehead measurement is also more dependent on external influences than
the rectal, oral or axillary measurement.
• In the case of several successive measurements, slightly varying values are
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