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In‐Vitro Evaluation of the Accuracy of a Single‐Use Clinical Thermometer
Author(s) -
Besley L. M.,
Kemp R. C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131592.x
Subject(s) - thermometer , medical physics , reliability engineering , biomedical engineering , medicine , computer science , materials science , engineering , physics , thermodynamics
The accuracy of the Temtake disposable clinical thermometer has been evaluated in a water bath environment. It is shown that the thermometers invariably read high, but that when the manufacturer's recommended correction was applied, 88.1% of the readings agreed within