Product Description; Intended Use; Warnings And Precautions - Braun ThermoScan IRT6515 Manual

Product description

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Disposable Hygiene cap
(a box of 20 is supplied + 1 already installed)
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Probe tip
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Probe
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ExacTemp® light
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Hygiene cap ejector
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Display
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Power button
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Start button
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Battery door (2 X 1.5V type AA (LR6) batteries)
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Protective cap

Intended use

The Braun ThermoScan® Ear thermometer is indicated for intermittent measurement and monitoring of human body
temperature for people of all ages. It is intended for household use only.
Use of IRT6515 along with fever guidance feature is not intended as a substitute for consultation with your physician.

Warnings and Precautions

• Please consult your physician if you see symptoms such as unexplained irritability, vomiting,
diarrhea, dehydration, changes in appetite or activity, seizure, muscle pain, shivering, stiff neck,
pain when urinating, etc. in spite of any colour of the background light or absence of fever.
• Please consult your physician if the thermometer shows elevated temperature (yellow or red
background lights).
The operating ambient temperature range for this thermometer is 10 – 40 °C (50 – 104 °F). Do not expose the
thermometer to temperature extremes (below -25 °C / -13 °F or over 55 °C / 131 °F) or excessive humidity (>95% RH).
This thermometer must only be used with genuine Braun ThermoScan disposable Hygiene caps (LF 40).
To avoid inaccurate measurements always use this thermometer with a new, clean Hygiene cap attached.
If the thermometer is accidentally used without a Hygiene cap attached, clean the lens (see «Care and cleaning»
section). Keep Hygiene caps out of reach of children.
This thermometer is intended for household use only. This product is not intended to diagnose any disease, but is a
useful screening tool for temperature. Use of this thermometer is not intended as a substitute for consultation with
your physician.
The color-coded fever guidance feature is not intended for pre-term babies or small-for-gestational age babies.
The color-coded fever guidance feature is not intended to interpret hypothermic temperatures. Do not allow children
under 12 to take their temperatures unattended.
Do not modify this equipment without authorization of the manufacturer.
Parents/guardians should call the pediatrician upon noticing any unusual sign(s) or symptom(s). For example, a child
who exhibits irritability, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, seizure, changes in appetite or activity, even in the absence of
fever, or who exhibits a low temperature, may still need to receive medical attention.
Children who are on antibiotics, analgesics, or antipyretics should not be assessed solely on temperature readings to
determine the severity of their illness.
Temperature elevation as indicated by the fever guidance feature may signal a serious illness, especially in adults who
are old, frail, have a weakened immune system, or neonates and infants. Please seek professional advice immediately
when there is a temperature elevation and if you are taking temperature on:
• neonates and infants under 3 months (consult your physician immediately if the temperature exceeds 37.4 °C
or 99.4 °F)
• patients over 60 years of age
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• patients having diabetes mellitus or a weakened immune system (e.g. HIV positive, cancer chemotherapy, chronic
steroid treatment, splenectomy)
• patients who are bedridden (e.g. nursing home patient, stroke, chronic illness, recovering from surgery)
• a transplant patient (e.g. liver, heart, lung, kidney)
Fever may be blunted or even absent in elderly patients.
This thermometer contains small parts that can be swallowed or produce a choking hazard to children. Always keep the
thermometer out of children's reach.
Fever guidance feature
Fever guidance helps you to better understand the meaning of your child's temperature with the color indicated on the
display. The screen displays green if no fever, yellow for fever and a red alert for a possibly high fever.
Color range Reading
Green > 35.7° – 37.4 °C
(> 96.3° – 99.4 °F)
Yellow > 37.4° – 38.5 °C
(> 99.4° – 101.3 °F)
Red > 38.5° – 42.2 °C
(> 101.3° – 108.0 °F)
NOTE: Backlight remains OFF when below temperature readings are registered:
34.4° ≤ T ≤ 35.7 °C (93.9° ≤ T ≤ 96.3 °F)
How to use your Braun ThermoScan®
1. Remove protective cap.
2. Push the Power button .
During an internal self-check, the display shows all segments. Then the last temperature taken will be displayed for
5 seconds.
3. The Hygiene cap indicator will blink to signal one is needed.
To achieve accurate measurements, make sure a new, clean Hygiene cap
is in place before each measurement.
Attach a new Hygiene cap by pushing the thermometer probe straight
into the Hygiene cap inside the box and then pulling out.
Note: The Braun ThermoScan will not work unless a Hygiene cap is
attached.
4. The thermometer is ready to take a temperature when the display looks like the image below.
English
Meaning
Normal
Fever
High fever
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