Height in even centimeters is sufficiently accurate.
My home scale weighs in kilograms thus: 75.0, 75.05, 75.10, 75.15, etc. Since
the pound is less than half a kg that's fine too. However, I can see the
argument for even kg only as the number varies throughout the day (drink a
large glass of water before getting on the scale and that's as much as 0.5 kg
right there). I get on the scale first thing in the morning right after
showering as then the measurement is at the same time every day and there are
no clothing variations to skew the number.
Carleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henschel Mark" <mw-hensch...@neiu.edu>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>, "eugene a mechtly"
<mech...@illinois.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:51:24 AM
Subject: [USMA:53154] RE: my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a
consumer)
I had a doctor's appointment last week and insisted I get the measurements in
metric units. They said I was 170.9 centimeters high, which is actually too
tall. I am actually shorter than that, so I'm thinking they just converted
rather than writing down the information in SI units directly. I should be
closer to 1.68 meters, but the mass was a bit better, 97.1 kg.
I would think rounding off to the nearest kilogram ought to be good enough, so
I don't understand the need for the .1, unless of course, this is yet another
conversion.
They also gave my temperature as 36.7, well, I might let this slide, the
Celsius degree is bigger than the Fahrenheit degree, so it might make sense to
use a decimal point herer. What do you think?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013 11:11 am
Subject: [USMA:53151] RE: my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a
consumer)
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
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> The nurse in my doctor's office *always* measures and records my mass in
> kilograms and my height in centimeters.
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> The digital file of my own personal medical records at the Carle Clinic,
> which I can access by password, is also 100% in SI units although not always
> in the most coherent of SI units. e.g. centimeters rather than meters, and
> grams or milliliters per deciliter
> of blood serum, but I don't complain about the absence of the most coherent
> of SI units!
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> You should persuade your doctors and nurses to *upgrade to SI units* instead
> of complaining that they measure and record in USC units!
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Eugene Mechtly
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From: Kilopascal [kilopas...@cox.net]
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> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:39 AM
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> To: U.S. Metric Association
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> Subject: [USMA:53147] my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a
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> When I go to the doctor, he doesn't weight me. His nurse or assistant does.
> She asks me what my height and weight are and when I give it to her in metres
> and kilograms, she asks me again what it is in USC. When I say I don't
> know, she puts me on the scale and reads my weight and height and records
> that.
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> I'm sure the majority of doctors, if not all, in the US measure and record
> patients height and weight in USC, never metric. That is why there are
> dosing errors and will continue to be. These dosing errors are not enough to
> force the doctors and nurses to measure and record in metric. I believe
> Americans would chose death and injury due to misdosing over having to use
> metric. Otherwise this problem would have been corrected ages ago instead of
> perpetuating.
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> Luckily for me I am not in need of any medications. So I'm not a candidate
> for misdosing.
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> my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a consumer)
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Paul Trusten
> Sat, 10 Aug 2013
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I am delighted with my purchase of your Taylor Digital Bath Scale, Model 7562!
> It is an attractive addition to my bathroom, and I appreciate the LED readout
> so the scale can be read in any light. However, I was disappointed to
> discover
> that the measurement units defaulted to pounds, and I had to stop and set it
> to
> read out in kilograms. I was born and raised right here in the USA, but I
> think
> metric is the way to go now. Why not have your scale start there? And, it
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> makes it easier for doctors to dose some medications if people can
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> report their weight to them in kilograms.
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