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Using proper posture
When measuring your own
temperature:
1. Raise and hold your left hand as
shown to the right to pull on your
ear.
2. Hold the thermometer in your
right hand and insert it into your
right ear.
(Reverse this when measuring
your temperature in the left ear.)
When measuring a child’s tempera-
ture:
1. Hold the child’s head so that it
will not move. To measure a
baby’s temperature, lay the baby
down with his/her ear facing
upward.
2. Hold the baby’s head so that it
will not move.
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Inserting the Thermometer into the Ear
Caution
Do not force the thermometer into
your ear.
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Insert the thermometer
straight into the ear canal.
Pull the ear lightly backward to
straighten the ear canal.
While pulling on the ear, insert the
probe tip gently into the ear canal.
Never force the thermometer into
the ear. If the ear canal is very
small, as with a baby, lightly press
the probe tip to the ear canal with
just enough force to seal the
opening around the probe.
Hold the thermometer so that the
probe faces straight in the
direction of the eardrum.
