Vicks VNT275US Owner's Manual page 5

• This thermometer consists of high-quality precision parts. DO NOT drop the instrument.
Protect it from severe impact and shock. DO NOT touch the infrared sensor with your
fingers.
• Use of this thermometer is not intended as a substitute for consultation with your
physician.
• Temperature elevation may signal a serious illness, especially in neonates and infants,
or in adults who are old, frail, or have a weakened immune system. 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 99.4 °F [37.4 °C])
– Individuals over 60 years of age (Fever may be blunted or absent in older patients)
– Individuals having diabetes mellitus or a weakened immune system (e.g., HIV
positive, cancer chemotherapy, chronic immunosuppressant treatment, splenectomy)
– Individuals who are bedridden (e.g., nursing home patient, stroke, chronic illness,
paraplegia, quadriplegia, surgical recovery)
– A transplant recipient (e.g., liver, heart, lung, kidney)
• This thermometer is not intended for pre-term babies or small-for-gestational age
babies. Pre-term is defined as baby, born before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed..
Small-for-gestational-age is defined as a newborn baby (birth to 4 weeks of age), born
at 37 weeks or later, with a weight below the 10th percentile for newborn babies of the
same gestational age.
• This thermometer is not intended to interpret hypothermic temperatures. If the device
displays a temperature of 96.1°F (35.6°C) or less with no LED backlight color, and the
individual is exhibiting atypical symptoms or behaviors, contact your physician or
health care professional.
• DO NOT allow children to take their temperatures unattended.
• 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., even in the absence of fever.
• Even in the absence of fever, those who exhibit a normal temperature may still need
to receive medical attention. People who are on antibiotics, analgesics, or antipyretics
should not be assessed solely on temperature readings to determine the severity of
their illness.
• DO NOT modify this equipment without the authorization of the manufacturer.
• DO NOT throw batteries into fire. Only use recommended batteries. DO NOT use
rechargeable batteries.
• If measuring human forehead temperature, please select "body" mode; if measuring
objects, liquids, food, or other objects, please select "surface" mode.
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