Hi ,
We have not done rectal temps on babies or infants for more than 18
years. About that time we got terumo axilla thermometers and have
continued to use them They are very accurate .I did some comparisions
when we first got them between the axilla thermometers and rectal temps
and found they
hi all
there is a systematic review on the topic of rectal vs infrared ear temps in children on cochrane database
the conclusion is as follows:
'The authors concluded that although the mean differences between rectal temperature measurements and ear temperature measurements were small, the wide
