Disposable Temperature Probes Key To Social Distancing in Hospitals

Disposable temperature probes key to social distancing in hospitals

Disposable temperature probes not only help maintain social distancing, but also help reduce the use of PPE and reduce the risk of contamination.

Body temperature can be monitored very accurately using a disposable body temperature probe, usually with a 3 m cable that can be connected to the cable of the monitoring device, so the patient's body temperature can be read safely from a distance in the room.

In hospitals, pre-triage requires a portable patient monitor with temperature detection and long interconnecting cables. One end of the cable goes into the monitor, and the patient picks up a sterile, disposable temperature probe and places it in the ear or taps it under the arm to take the measurement.

Gloves or hand sanitizer should be provided to the patient during measurements for use before and after connecting the probe to the cable to reduce the risk of contamination. After connecting them to a monitor, nurses can monitor their temperature and ask assessment questions from a safe distance. This is safer for clinicians and patients.

Because clinicians can complete the pre-shunting from a safe distance, they do not need to change PPE between each patient. This saves time, money and valuable hospital resources.

Disposable temperature probes and long connecting cables are not only useful for social distancing in advance, they are also useful in the ICU. Clinicians can continuously monitor patients for temperature and other vital signs, rather than intermittently. They can observe monitor screen values in real time at the nurse station.

Continuous rather than intermittent monitoring of patient temperature in the ICU means less patient/clinician contact, and clinicians do not need to change PPE every time they check their temperature.

Using a disposable temperature probe and inserting it into a multiparameter patient monitor provides more accurate readings and reduces patient contact. This is safer for the patient as it is more accurate and safer for the clinician.

Body Surface Temperature Sensors, Body Cavity Temperature Sensors and Universal Probes are ideal for continuous temperature monitoring in the ICU and all other rooms equipped with patient monitors.

If not all rooms have patient monitors, transport monitors can be placed in unequipped rooms. Continuous temperature monitoring helps save lives.