Welch Allyn GS 777, Directions For Use Manual

Page: 42 / 54

36 Directions for Use Welch Allyn
9. Return the probe to the probe well. The LCD
display will go blank.
10. Wash your hands.
Monitor Mode Temperature
Measurement
Using Probe with Blue Ejection Button (Oral/
Axillary) or Red Ejection Button (Rectal)
Monitor Mode continuously displays the
temperature of the probe for as long as the probe
remains in place at the measurement site and
remains within the operating patient temperature
range. The patient’s oral and rectal temperature
will
reach final equilibrium in approximately three
minutes in the Monitor Mode. Axillary temperature
will reach equilibrium in approximately five minutes
in the Monitor Mode.
Taking a Temperature Using Monitor Mode
1. Ensure that both the appropriately colored
probe and matching probe well for the intended
measurement site (oral/axillary or rectal) are
installed.
2. Holding the probe handle with your thumb and
two fingers on the indentations of the probe
handle, withdraw the probe from the probe
well.
3. Load a probe cover by inserting the probe into
a probe cover and pressing the probe handle
down firmly. The probe handle will move
slightly to engage the probe cover.
4. Take the patient’s temperature using the
normal Oral, Rectal, Pediatric Axillary, or Adult
Axillary Mode as previously described.
5. Continue to hold the probe in position after the
temperature is displayed.
6. Press the Mode Selection
button until the Monitor Mode
indicator appears on the LCD.
7. Hold the thermometer in place for the required
duration:
8. Record the temperature before removing the
probe from the site.
9. Eject the probe cover by firmly pressing the
ejection button on the top of the probe.
10. Replace the probe in the probe well to clear the
display and reset the thermometer to Normal
Mode. The thermometer will not beep to
indicate a final temperature.
Instrument Security
The SureTemp Model 692 thermometer is
equipped with electronic security options designed
to reduce the risk of theft. These options include
both Temperature Count and Instant-On security
features.
Washing hands greatly reduces the risk
of cross-contamination and Nosocomial
Infection.
Monitored temperatures are not stored
in memory for recall.
Do not take a patient’s temperature
without using a Welch Allyn disposable
probe cover. Doing so can cause patient
discomfort, patient cross contamination,
and erroneous temperature readings.
Use only Welch Allyn probe covers. The
use of other manufacturer’s probe
covers or no probe cover may produce
temperature measurement errors and/
or inaccuracy.
Oral 3 minutes
Axillary 5 minutes
Rectal 3 minutes
Long-term continuous monitoring beyond
three to five minutes is not recommended in
any mode.
The unit will automatically enter Monitor
Mode if the probe is withdrawn from the
probe well and is not replaced within 60
seconds of inactivity .