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Thermometers: Understand the options
Digital thermometers
Digital ear thermometers
Digital pacifier thermometers
Remote thermometers
Temporal artery thermometers
Tympanic thermometers
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Types of thermometers
Contact thermometers
Ear thermometers
Mercury thermometers
Contactless thermometers
Forehead thermometers
Thermometers by age
Digital ear thermometers
Digital pacifier thermometers
Remote thermometers
Temporal artery thermometers
Tympanic thermometers
Content
Types of thermometers
Contact thermometers
Ear thermometers
Mercury thermometers
Contactless thermometers
Forehead thermometers
Thermometers by age
Types of thermometers
A thermometer measures body temperature by sensing how certain materials change when they get warmer or cooler. (3p3; 8p1) Body temperature can be measured by infrared rays or by how heat changes a liquid, metal, gas or electric signal in a thermometer.
There are two types of thermometers.
- Contact thermometers must touch the body to measure temperature.
- Contactless thermometers can measure body temperature without touching the skin.
