Monitor Mode Temperature Measurement - Welch Allyn SureTemp Plus series Handbuch

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.
Monitored temperatures are not stored in memory for recall.
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.
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.
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:
Oral
Axillary
Rectal
Long-term continuous monitoring beyond three to five minutes is not
recommended in any mode.
1-18
3 minutes
5 minutes
3 minutes