How to Use a Safety First Thermometer

Safety First Thermometer manufactures manual, digital and electronic thermometers. In order to work, most thermometers require the thermometer to come into direct contact with the body. Safety First, however, has also developed a no-touch thermometer, the ProGrade™ Health No Touch Thermometer, which also measures food, formula and bath water temperatures. The ProGrade™ Health No Touch Thermometer has an auto shut-off, a low battery indicator and a 10 memory temperature reading recall. Each Safety First thermometer has different features and operates differently.

Things You'll Need

• Safety First thermometer

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Instructions

Oral, Underarm, Ear and RectalThermometers

• 1

  Read the thermometer's instructions.

• 2

  Turn the thermometer on if the thermometer is a digital thermometer. Skip this step if using a manual thermometer.

• 3

  Slip a disposable thermometer cover over the thermometer.

• 4

  Place oral thermometers in the mouth, under the tongue. Place underarm thermometers under a child's underarm. Place ear thermometers in the ear canal. Insert rectal thermometers, gently, into the rectum. Do not insert a thermometer further into the rectum than is specified in the instructions.

• 5

  Hold the thermometer in place for the length of time specified in the instructions or, depending on the model, until the thermometer beeps.

• 6

  Remove the thermometer.

• 7

  Remove and discard the disposable thermometer cover.

• 8

  Read the temperature.

Forehead Thermometers

• 9

  Read the thermometer's instructions.

• 10

  Turn the thermometer on.

• 11

  Run the thermometer across the forehead or, depending on the model, hold the thermometer on the forehead, for the length of time specified in the instructions or until the thermometer beeps.

• 12

  Read the temperature.

The Safety 1st Digital Pacifier Thermometer

• 13

  Read the thermometer's instructions.

• 14

  Place the thermometer in the infant's mouth.

• 15

  Hold the thermometer in place, in the infant's mouth until the thermometer beeps. Readings take 90 seconds.

• 16

  Remove the thermometer.

• 17

  Read the temperature.

ProGrade™ Health No Touch Thermometer

• 18

  Install the two AAA replaceable alkaline batteries that came with the no touch thermometer.

• 19

  Press the button to turn the thermometer on.

• 20

  Position the thermometer above the forehead.

• 21

  Wait for the proximity light to beep and flash, which indicates that the thermometer has been positioned correctly.

• 22

  Read the temperature on the thermometer's large, backlit display. If there is a high temperature reading, a fever icon will appear on the screen as well.