Monitor Mode Temperature Measurement - Welch Allyn 690 Directions For Use Manual

Directions for use
10. Wash your hands.

Monitor Mode Temperature Measurement

Using Probe with Blue Ejection Button (Oral/Axillary) or Red Ejection Button
(Rectal)
Monitor Mode continuously displays the temperature of the probe for as long as the
probe remains in place at the measurement site and remains within the operating patient
temperature range. The patient's oral and rectal temperature will reach final equilibrium in
approximately three minutes in the Monitor Mode. Axillary temperature will reach
equilibrium in approximately five minutes in the Monitor Mode.
WARNING Washing hands greatly reduces the risk of cross-contamination
and Nosocomial Infection.
Caution Monitored temperatures are not stored in memory for recall.
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