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USAGE
1. Install batteries (please see Changing the
batteries)
2. For the first use or when inserting new batteries
wait 10 min. for the warm-up of the device.
3. Aim towards the forehead, from a distance of
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:
•
temper. increases by 0,5°C from 6 am to 3 pm
•
women have a temperature that is higher, on
average, by around 0,2°C
•
women temper. 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
