How much are they, how quick do they read and how reliable and accurate?
Manufacturer?
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From: allan harris <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 19 December 1998 12:32
Subject: Re: Taking tempertures
>On Fri 18 Dec, Roger Leary wrote:
>> No, it does not often alter management but now it literally takes 5
>> second I happily do it. Also I think many parents 'expect' it and find
>> our disinterest in temps difficult to understand. Therefore temp taken =
>> more thorough examination in parents view = more chance of persuading
>> parents of my suggested management.
>> It avoids the scenario "he hardly examined her. He didn't even take
>> her temperature"
>
>Since joining our Co-op a couple of years ago I have been using my aural
>thermometer, an Omron, regularly. Because it is quick I do it; it provides
>reassurance to me and the patient. It has affected my management, I could
>not give specifics, Co-op sessions go by in a blur, but it provides another
>piece of the jigsaw in diagnosis.
>
>
>--
>Allan Harris, GP, Haxby, York YO32 2PH
>tel 01904-768666
>work 01904-760125, fax 750168
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