Compared to devices that use covers, the savings are obvious. Less evident are the savings to be realized because replacement probes (Oral and Rectal, approx. $85.00 each) are not purchased several times annually as is routine with SureTemp® and other similar thermometers.
The Caregiver is covered by a 2-year limited manufacturer's warranty. Optional Limited Lifetime Warranty is also available.
In any routine patient-care situation where an IR tympanic, Oral/Rectal Electronic, or Temporal Artery-swipe thermometer can be employed, the Caregiver should perform well. In very-high acuity settings (such as NICU, ICU, CCU) the patients are almost always constantly monitored and the readings continuously reported and recorded by hardwire or wireless to the nurse's station and other EHR collection [...]
Most temperatures taken in medical settings are subject to wide variations depending upon the following elements: Expertise of the operator: proper placement, dwell time, technique, use of clean/new probe covers each time Temperature of the thermometer itself should be stable; ambient adjustment circuitry Ambient and Patient conditions: A/C vents, heaters, air movement against skin, evaporative cooling in [...]