Product Description; Intended Use; Warnings And Precautions - Braun ThermoScan IRT6515 Bedienungsanleitung

Product description

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Disposable Hygiene cap
(a box of 20 is supplied + 1 already installed)
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Probe tip
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Probe
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ExacTemp® light
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Hygiene cap ejector
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Display
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Power button
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Start button
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Battery door (2 X 1 .5V type AA (LR6) batteries)
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Protective cap

Intended use

The Braun ThermoScan® Ear thermometer is indicated for intermittent measurement and monitoring of human body
temperature for people of all ages . It is intended for household use only .
Use of IRT6515 along with fever guidance feature is not intended as a substitute for consultation with your physician .

Warnings and Precautions

• Please consult your physician if you see symptoms such as unexplained irritability, vomiting,
diarrhea, dehydration, changes in appetite or activity, seizure, muscle pain, shivering, stiff neck,
pain when urinating, etc . in spite of any colour of the background light or absence of fever .
• Please consult your physician if the thermometer shows elevated temperature (yellow or red
background lights) .
The operating ambient temperature range for this thermometer is 10 – 40 °C (50 – 104 °F) . Do not expose the
thermometer to temperature extremes (below -25 °C / -13 °F or over 55 °C / 131 °F) or excessive humidity (>95% RH) .
This thermometer must only be used with genuine Braun ThermoScan disposable Hygiene caps (LF 40) .
To avoid inaccurate measurements always use this thermometer with a new, clean Hygiene cap attached .
If the thermometer is accidentally used without a Hygiene cap attached, clean the lens (see «Care and cleaning»
section) . Keep Hygiene caps out of reach of children .
This thermometer is intended for household use only . This product is not intended to diagnose any disease, but is a
useful screening tool for temperature . Use of this thermometer is not intended as a substitute for consultation with
your physician .
The color-coded fever guidance feature is not intended for pre-term babies or small-for-gestational age babies .
The color-coded fever guidance feature is not intended to interpret hypothermic temperatures . Do not allow children
under 12 to take their temperatures unattended .
Do not modify this equipment without authorization of the manufacturer .
Parents/guardians should call the pediatrician upon noticing any unusual sign(s) or symptom(s) . For example, a child
who exhibits irritability, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, seizure, changes in appetite or activity, even in the absence of
fever, or who exhibits a low temperature, may still need to receive medical attention .
Children who are on antibiotics, analgesics, or antipyretics should not be assessed solely on temperature readings to
determine the severity of their illness .
Temperature elevation as indicated by the fever guidance feature may signal a serious illness, especially in adults who
are old, frail, have a weakened immune system, or neonates and infants . Please seek professional advice immediately
when there is a temperature elevation and if you are taking temperature on:
• neonates and infants under 3 months (consult your physician immediately if the temperature exceeds 37 .4 °C
or 99 .4 °F)
• patients over 60 years of age
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• patients having diabetes mellitus or a weakened immune system (e .g . HIV positive, cancer chemotherapy, chronic
steroid treatment, splenectomy)
• patients who are bedridden (e .g . nursing home patient, stroke, chronic illness, recovering from surgery)
• a transplant patient (e .g . liver, heart, lung, kidney)
Fever may be blunted or even absent in elderly patients .
This thermometer contains small parts that can be swallowed or produce a choking hazard to children . Always keep the
thermometer out of children's reach .
Fever guidance feature
Fever guidance helps you to better understand the meaning of your child's temperature with the color indicated on the
display . The screen displays green if no fever, yellow for fever and a red alert for a possibly high fever .
Color range Reading
Green > 35 .7° – 37 .4 °C
(> 96 .3° – 99 .4 °F)
Yellow > 37 .4° – 38 .5 °C
(> 99 .4° – 101 .3 °F)
Red > 38 .5° – 42 .2 °C
(> 101 .3° – 108 .0 °F)
NOTE: Backlight remains OFF when below temperature readings are registered:
34 .4° ≤ T ≤ 35 .7 °C (93 .9° ≤ T ≤ 96 .3 °F)
How to use your Braun ThermoScan®
1 . Remove protective cap .
2 . Push the Power button .
During an internal self-check, the display shows all segments . Then the last temperature taken will be displayed for
5 seconds .
3 . The Hygiene cap indicator will blink to signal one is needed .
To achieve accurate measurements, make sure a new, clean Hygiene cap
is in place before each measurement .
Attach a new Hygiene cap by pushing the thermometer probe straight
into the Hygiene cap inside the box and then pulling out .
Note: The Braun ThermoScan will not work unless a Hygiene cap is
attached .
4 . The thermometer is ready to take a temperature when the display looks like the image below .
English
Meaning
Normal
Fever
High fever
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