CLINICAL THERMOMETERS AND THEIR DEVIATIONS.

Disinfection of Clinical Thermometers I. Oral Thermometers

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Studies on disinfection of clinical thermometers. II. Oral thermometers from a tuberculosis sanatorium.

A study was made of the chemical disinfection of oral thermometers used by patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Only 10% of these thermometers were found to be contaminated with acid-fast bacilli. Because of this small number, the use of a phenol coefficient type test with Mycobacterium tuberculosis was suggested as an alternative method for evaluating tuberculocidal activity. These dat...

Nuclear Thermometers

In intermediate energy nuclear collisions (E/A~50MeV), the nuclei collide and compress, forming what is called a compound nucleus. As the compound nucleus cools and expands, it breaks apart into multiple nuclei in a process called multi-fragmentation. These fragments then begin to cool by emitting small nuclei. The final products of decay are then observed in detectors. The populations of nucle...

Mercury and thermometers.

Non-contact infrared thermometers.

floaters. Visual acuity was 6/18-2 in the left eye and 6/60 in the right. Dilated fundus examination showed bilateral vitreous haemorrhages, with neovascularisation at the disc and elsewhere, and tractional retinal detachments. Non-fasting pinprick blood glucose was 20.3 mmol/L and blood pressure was 140/100 mmHg. The patient denied weight loss (BMI 18 kg/m2) or polydipsia, although detailed qu...