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Thermometers: Understand the options
Digital thermometers
Digital ear thermometers
Digital pacifier thermometers
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Types of thermometers
Contact thermometers
Remote thermometers
Temporal artery thermometers
Tympanic thermometers
Mercury thermometers
Types of thermometers
In general, there are two types of thermometers. Touch, or contact, thermometers must touch the body in order to measure temperature. Remote, or no contact, thermometers can measure body temperature without touching the skin.
