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USAGE
1. Install batteries (please see Changing the batteries)
2. For the first use or when inserting new batteries wait around
10 minutes for the warm-up of the device.
3. Aim towards the forehead, from a distance of max. 3-5
cm, press the measuring button SCAN, the temperature is
displayed in 1 second.
4. Before taking the temperature, make sure to remoe hair and
perspiration from the forehead.
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN TAKING A
TEMPERATURE
In order to ensure that precise and accurate temperature
measurements are obtained, it is essential that each user has
received adequate information. Temperature should be take in a
neutral context. The patient must not have undertaken vigorous
physical activity prior taking the temperature.
Be aware of physiological variations in temperature which must
be take into consideration when evaluating the results:
•
temperature increases by 0,5°C between 6am and 3 pm
•
women have a temperature that is higher, on average, by
around 0,2°C
•
women temperature also varies in accordance with their
ovarian cycle. It rises by 0,5 °C in the second half of the cycle
and at the early stages of pregnancy.
•
when sitting, temperature is lower by about 0,3 - 0,4°C than
when standing
