Measuring body temperature
body temperature is measured by sensors.Industries recently releasing mercury-glass thermometers for measuring body temperature in the armpit, and also in the mouth or rectum.Thermometers should be stored in a special cardboard or plastic packaging (cases) in places, precluding the possibility of damage.From broken thermometers follows mercury vapor which is a strong poison.
Therefore, in case of damage of mercury thermometers their fragments and drops spilled mercury should be carefully collected, placed in a jar with a tight fitting lid and handed over to the nearest pharmacy for recycling or disposal.In no case can not throw collected from broken mercury thermometer in the trash, because its vapors are a great danger to the surrounding people and animals.
thermometer to be treated with a solution of 40-70-degree alcohol (strength of not less than vodka) or 0.5% solution of chlorine bleach and wipe dry before measuring body temperature.The thermometer should be shaken a sharp movement, but carefully
Keep the thermometer in the armpit and elsewhere should not be less than 10 minutes.After each measurement, the body temperature of its performance shall be recorded on the sheet temperature of the patient, where the date and time of the temperature measurement, the thermometer.A sheet of paper to record the temperature should razgrafit follows
As a rule, the body temperature is measured at least 3 times a day: before breakfast, lunch and dinner.Sometimes stubborn body temperature fluctuations to determine its cause, clarify the nature of lifting and lowering, as well as temporary features Hyperthermia thermometry spend on doctor's advice after 2-3 hours, and in some cases every hour.
After measuring the body temperature thermometer should be re-process the alcohol solution or chlorine bleach, shake and put it in a case where it should be stored until the next use.