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Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps. Author: Tom2 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2012, 01:48: am In reply to: Jane 's message, "KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps." on Monday, August 27, 2012, 04:02: pm This is the second advertisement for forehead thermometers I have seen on this forum in the last week (See Also: Exergen TemporalScanner, Kids prefer it to Rectal. comment thread), and I will partially repeat what I said in that comment thread: I have read health websites which question the accuracy of the new ear and forehead thermometers when compared to taking rectal temperature with a digital thermometer in younger children, although I can sort of understand the "ick factor" that people attach to taking rectal temperature. From a personal perspective, I once had an experience with rectal temperature taking in the ER when I was 9 years old in the early 1990s which turned out to be not a big deal, and is detailed in the previously mentioned comment thread, although I will say that I do not currently use rectal temperature at home. Interestingly enough, the hospital I went to does not currently recommend using ear or forehead thermometers. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps. Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, September 10, 2012, 01:29: pm Healthcare these days, is entirely different than it was back in the day. Procedures have advanced, new legislation at the federal level is being passed, with the patient's needs in mind, and more emphasis is being placed on the patient's modesty, physical, and psychological comfort. It's also turned into a huge money game, where fat profit margins are the goal for the suppliers and manufacturers. Rectal temps. taken with a glass thermometer...or taken at all ? Not likely. There are so many alternative methods. Compare medicine to other fields. How many companies would stay in business, if they continued to sell products made in the 50's and 60's ? Oh, sure, there is a segment that would buy from them....but they would be in the minority. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps. Author: Tom2 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 03:52: pm As I explained in detail in the other comment thread, I was in the ER for a mouth injury which rendered taking oral temperature infeasible, armpit temperature which my Mom used for me at home was not offered at the ER, and the ear and forehead thermometers had not been developed at the time (early 1990s), nor are they currently reccomended for use by the hospital I went to. While I can understand the "ick" factor attached to rectal temperature, my first thought when the ER nurse told me what she needed to do was "um, OK", the whole experience lasted less than a few minutes in part because she used a digital thermometer and was not that big of a deal. For me this was the only time I had my rectal temperature taken at that particular hospital, and in other visits when I was in for something other than a mouth injury, they took it orally. By the way, I have never heard of any government regulations regarding the practice of rectal temperature taking in hospitals in the United States. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]