title: Temperature taking in children.
abstract: Tempa-Dot single-use thermometers have been compared with mercury and tympanic thermometers in a paediatric setting. The largest difference in mean temperature measured between devices was less than 0.2 degrees C. Differences between devices are less than the random scatter in any individual measurement. It is argued that differences in measured temperature between thermometers are not clinically significant. Tempa-Dot thermometers can be used with confidence to measure the temperatures of young children
authors.affiliation: Calderdale Health Care Trust, Halifax General Hospital.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Molton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blacktop
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013821:Thermometers; D014432:Tympanic Membrane