The Gentle Temp 520 Digital Ear Thermometer detects the infrared heat given off by the eardrum and surrounding tissues, and it converts this heat into an equivalent ear temperature.
The Gentle Temp 520 is less threatening to a child than a rectal thermometer.
It’s faster, safer and easier to use than an oral thermometer.
Being digital, there’s no worry about the hazard of broken glass or mercury ingestion.
Measurements can even betaken while a child is sleeping.
For adults, the Gentle Temp 520 Digital Ear Thermometer offers fast, convenient and accurate readings withoutthe delay of a conventional thermometer.
Clinical research has shown that the ear is an ideal site for taking body temperature.
The eardrum shares bloodvessels with the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls body temperature.
Therefore, the ear is anaccurate indicator of internal (core) body temperature.
An ear temperature, unlike an oral temperature, is unaffected by factors such as talking, drinking, and smoking.
You can measure consecutively up to three times.
The main unit will then be warmed up and may not be able to measure correctly.
If you are going to measure more than three times, wait for 10 minutes, then measure again.