It is essential to use the Prometheus Medescan Touchless Thermometer
in the way it was intended. You are therefore advised to read this
instruction manual and the safety precautions carefully before use.
Utilising the Prometheus Medescan Touchless Thermometer in any way
other than depicted in this manual may void the warranty of your unit.
The Prometheus Medescan Touchless Thermometer has been
developed using the latest in infrared technology. This technology
allows the user to take a patient’s temperature via the temporal artery
(TA), at a distance of about 5 centimetres from the forehead.
Precise, instantaneous and without physical contact, the Prometheus
Medescan Touchless Thermometer limits the spread of germs, and
is the most suitable system for no risk temperature measurement.
Additionally, it has been demonstrated that this method of
TS temperature measurement is more precise than tympanic
thermometry (ear thermometer), and better tolerated than rectal
thermometry (1).
However, as with any type of thermometer, it is essential to utilise the
Prometheus Medescan Touchless Thermometer properly in order to
obtain reliable and stable results.
You are therefore advised to read this entire instruction manual as well
as all safety precautions carefully before use.
(1) Greenes D, Fleisher G, Accuracy of a Noninvasive Temporal Artery
Thermometer for Use in Infants, Arch Paediatric Adolescent Medicine
2001; 155:376.
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