Remember "axillary temperatures are the pits!" :-) Karin Molander Mills Peninsula Hospital
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 31, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Barnes-Daly, Mary Ann > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We moved away from axillary to temporal and tympanic understanding that both > are more accurate. Is this not true? > > Thanks, > > MARY ANN BARNES-DALY RN BSN CCRN DC | Clinical Performance Improvement > Consultant > Sutter Health - Clinical Integration Department | 2200 River Plaza Drive, > Sacramento, CA 95833 > Mobile 916.200.5604| Office 916.286.6717 | [email protected] > > “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change > something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” > ~R. Buckminster Fuller > > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Orth, Claudia > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 8:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Temporal Temperatures > > Some departments within our institutions have begun using temporal > thermometers and concern has been raised surrounding the accuracy and whether > or not we need to adjust our thought process regarding what makes up a > positive temp. I would be very, very interested to hear how others are > handling the source of a temperature (oral, rectal, core, temporal, etc.) and > how that factors into a positive screen? Additionally, if you are able to > share any supporting literature I would greatly appreciate it! > > Thank you as always in advance! > > ~Claudia > Claudia Orth BSN, RN, CCRN-K > Regional Sepsis Coordinator > Clinical Quality > Munson Medical Center > 1105 Sixth Street > Traverse City, MI 49684-2386 > (231) 935-5692 (Voice) > (231) 318-0394 (Pager) > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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