Procedures For Monitor Mode Determinations - GE Dash 2500 Operator's Manual

Alaris® Turbo Temp®: Procedures for Monitor Mode Determinations (Axillary Determinations)
Procedures for Monitor Mode Determinations (Axillary
Determinations)
Notes
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1. Ensure blue probe is in the holster.
2. Make sure correct determination mode is selected.
4. The determination begins automatically. The dashes in the vital signs area
are replaced with a temperature value as soon as the probe warms up.
Leave the probe in place for the same length of time as required by
standard hospital procedure for taking an axillary temperature. The Monitor
does not beep to indicate a final reading.
5. Choose trend monitor temp now (if you want to save the value in trends),
and remove the probe. Discard the disposable cover by holding the probe as
you would a syringe and pushing the button on the probe handle. Place the
probe in the probe holster (the Monitor beeps once). Once you place the
probe in the probe holster, the temperature values will be cleared.
If there is a long delay from the time the probe is removed from the probe
holster until it is inserted into the patient's mouth, it is possible that the
instrument will not display a final predictive temperature. If this occurs,
insert the probe into the probe holster, remove it again, and start a new
measurement.
If an alarm is actively sounding, an audible temperature tone will not sound.
If a predictive determination value is not achieved within 40 seconds of
probe removal, the Monitor switches to monitor mode.
If the probe tip temperature is 92.0°F (33.3°C) or higher or 60°F (15.6°C) or
lower when taken out of the probe holster, the thermometer will not be able
to perform a predictive measurement. Instead, the thermometer will
automatically go into monitor mode. The temperature reading will then
flash. A correct final temperature reading may require 3 minutes or longer.
The Monitor will not beep at final temperature. It will continue to monitor the
patient's temperature until the probe is removed from the patient and
returned to the probe holster.
Dash 2500 Patient Monitor
3.Remove the appropriate
temperature probe from the probe
holster (the Monitor beeps once).
Place a protective temperature probe
cover on the probe and insert the
probe in the patient's axilla, making
sure the tip of the probe is in contact
with the skin and positioned as close
as possible to the axillary artery with
the patient's arm held close to his/her
side.
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