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Health watchdog probes thermometers amid inaccuracy concerns – The Age
In the past 10 months, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has received 44 complaints about the thermometers which often greet people at the entrance of shops,…
Skin temperature can be affected by ambient temperature. If its a very cold day your skin temperature will be cold, she explained.
For an actual diagnosis of having a fever it is your core temperature you need to take.
She said infrared thermometers could provide false reassurance or lead to panic.
It might say that you don’t have a fever when you actually do or you do have a fever and you actually don’t, Professor Russell said. It can give you the wrong information.
She referred to international…
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