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Thermometers: Understand the options
Digital thermometers
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Temporal artery thermometers
Tympanic thermometers
Mercury thermometers
Digital ear thermometers
Digital pacifier thermometers
Content
Types of thermometers
Contact thermometers
Remote thermometers
Temporal artery thermometers
Tympanic thermometers
Mercury thermometers
Mercury thermometers
Once a staple in most medicine cabinets, mercury thermometers use mercury encased in glass to measure body temperature. Mercury thermometers are no longer recommended because they can break and allow mercury — which is toxic — to escape.
If you have a mercury thermometer, don't throw it in the trash. Contact your local trash collection program to see if there's a hazardous waste collection site in your area.
