Bladder temperature is one of the most accurate sites for measuring core temperature. A rectal temperature is 05f 03c to 1f 06c higher than an oral temperature. Your body temperature can be measured in many places on your body. The high efficiency camera will scan and record up to 15 people at a time and is accurate to 03c when combined with the blackbody temperature reference device. Temperature can also be measured on your forehead. It is considered as accurate as pulmonary artery temperature provided that urine output is large.
Thermometers show body temperature in either degrees fahrenheit f or degrees celsius c. Body temperature readings vary depending on where on the body a person takes the measurements. Rectal readings are higher than oral readings while armpit readings tend to be lower. Temperature is measured at the axilla by placing the thermometer in the central position and adducting the arm close to the chest wall. The thermal camera system allows body temperature measurement with zero contact from a safe distance. The average normal oral temperature is 986f 37c.
The normal body temperature of a person varies depending on gender recent activity food and fluid consumption time of day and in women the stage of the menstrual cycle. This was followed by the original viralert system in 2009 which has been refreshed and refined through development over a decade to create the viralert 3 in 2020. As with rectal measurement sites tympanic thermometers may give slightly higher readings with the average temperature around 995 f. 10 with minimal or normal urine output bladder temperature is a poor reflection of the core temperature. In 2003 it developed the human body temperature measurement system hbtms as a response to the sars epidemic of that year. An ear tympanic temperature is 05f 03c to 1f 06c higher than an oral temperature.
Normal body temperature can range from 978 degrees f or fahrenheit equivalent to 365 degrees c or celsius to 99 degrees f 372 degrees c for a healthy adult. The most common ones are the mouth the ear the armpit and the rectum. The literature suggests that this is an unreliable site for estimating core body temperature because there are no main blood vessels around this area sund levander and grodzinsky 2009. Temporal measurements are closer to true core body temperature and provided that the probe has been properly positioned will give readings that are closer to average body temperatures of 986 f.
Gallery of Body Temperature Measurement Sites
