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Temperature measurement

Overview Risks Results
What the risks are:
There is essentially no risk. There is a rare risk of bowel perforation if the rectal thermometer is not carefully inserted.
Special considerations:
Conversion:
  • Farenheit to Centigrade:
    • Start with Fahrenheit temperature and subtract 32
    • Multiply result by 5
    • Divide by 9
    • The result equals degrees Centigrade
  • Centigrade to Farenheit:
    • Start with Centigrade temperature
    • Multiply by 1.8
    • Add 32
    • The result equals degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature measurement
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