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	How it works		Advantages of Medescan
	Features		Additional Uses

 

 

 

How the Medescan Touchless Themometer Works:

 

All objects - solids, liquid or gas - emit energy by radiation. The intensity of this energy depends on the temperature of the object.

The Medescan Touchless Themometer is able to measure the temperature of your body by mesuring the energy emitted by your body. An external temperature probe on this device, which analyses and registers ambient temperature, takes this measurement, the temperature is then displayed on the digital screen.
When the user aims the thermometer at the patient's forehead, above the right eye (see below), this activates the infrared sensor. The temperature measurement is Liken instantly by detection of the infrared heat generated by arterial blood flow. Body heat can therefore be measured without any interference from the heat of the surrounding environment.

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Features:

 

1. The Medescan Touchless Thermometer is specifically designed to take the body temperature of humans regardless of room temperature.
2. The unit can scan temperatures reliably in less than 1 second due to the unique infrared detection system.
3. The unit memory can hold the last 32 temperature readings.
4. The unit’s backlit LCD digital screen makes the results easy to read.
5. The LCD display will change colour to RED as well as an audible alarm will sound when normal temperature is exceeded.
6. Temperature can be displayed in either Celsius or Fahrenheit.
7. The unit is small, convenient and easy to use.
8. The device measures body, ambient room and surface temperature at the touch of a button.
9. The device comes with a luxurious carry pouch
10. The device runs on standard AA batteries, also supplied.

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Audible Temperature Reading:

 

Medescans touchless thermometer will read out the temperature in your choice of languages:

-English

-Spanish

-French

 

Medescan touchless thermometer also gives you the option of switching the sound off for that late night check

 

 

Comparison:

The Different Methods of Temperature

 

Core Temperature

Core temperature is the most precise measurement and involves measuring the temperature in the pulmonary artery by means of a catheter equipped with a thermal probe, which can read the temperature in situ. The same method is employed for probes measuring the oesophageal temperature. However, such invasive temperature measurement methods require specific equipment and expertise.

 

Rectal Thermometry

Rectal temperature adjusts slowly in comparison to the evolution of the body's internal temperature. It has been demonstrated that rectal temperature remains raised long after the internal temperature of the patient has started to drop and vice versa. Furthermore, rectal perforations have been known to occur as a result of this method and without appropriate sterilization techniques, rectal thermometry can spread germs often found in faeces.

 

Oral Themometry

Oral temperature is easily influenced by recent ingestion of food or drinks and by breathing through the mouth. To measure oral temperature, the mouth must remain dosed and tongue lowered for three to four minutes, which is a difficult task for young children to accomplish.

 

Axillary (armpit) temperature

Although it may be easy to measure axillary temperature, it has been proven that it does not provide an accurate measurement of the child's internal temperature. To take this type of temperature, the thermometer must be wedged tightly over the axillary artery.

 

Tympanic thermometry

In order to obtain a precise temperature reading, good command of the measurement technique is required. The thermometer probe must be placed as dose as possible to the warmest part of the external ear canal. An incorrectly placed probe could lead to a false temperature reading.

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Advantages of Temporal Artery Temperature:

 

Infrared arterial temperature can be measured using a device placed on the forehead, in the temporal artery region. It has been demonstrated that this relatively new method of measuring temperature is more precise than tympanic thermometry and better tolerated than rectal thermometry.
The Medescan Touchless Thermometer has been designed to produce an instant forehead temperature reading without any contact with the temporal artery. As this artery is quite close to the surface skin and therefore accessible and given the blood flow is permanent and regular; it allows precise measurement of the temperature. This artery is linked to the heart by carotid artery, which is directly linked to the aorta. It forms part of the main trunk of the arterial system. The efficiency, speed and comfort of taking a temperature from this area make it ideal compared with other temperature measurement methods.

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Additional Uses

 

The Medescan Touchless Thermometer can also be used to measure the temperature of a baby bottle or bath using the surface temperature function.

 

Baby comfort can also be monitored using the room temperature function.

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