Effect Research of the Measurement of Hospitalized Patients' Body Temperature by Infrared Thermometer and Ear Thermometer

Objective To explore a more accurate,safe and time saving temperature measuring method by comparing the temperature differences of three kinds of thermometer,to replace mercury thermometer temperature measurement method in current domestic hospital. Methods 300 ophthalmology of postoperative patients in three days were randomly selected from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from July,2011 to March,2012. The surface temperatures were respectively measured,with 900 times in all. The effect of three temperature measuring methods was compared. Results There was no obvious difference in three methods of measuring fever patients' temperature. Infrared thermometer measured normal patients temperature was different from the other two methods. Conclusion The combined use of ear thermometer and infrared thermometer was accurate,effective and time saving,and could avoid cross infection effectively and decrease the risk of mercury pollution to the environment,which was better than the mercury thermometer.