MEASURE BODY TEMPERATURE ( SOP ) STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

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MEASURE BODY TEMPERATURE

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

NURSING

MEASURE BODY TEMPERATURE

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Understanding

To examine the degree of heat produced by the human body as a balance in the body burning with heat dissipation through sweating, breathing, remnants disposal [eksresi] and irradiation [radiation], conductivity [conduction] and convection [convection]

Aim

1.      Knowing the patient's general condition.

2.      Knowing the temperature of the hot body.

3.      Knowing abnormalities in the body is used as a backstop to help make the diagnosis

4.      Knowing the progression of the disease.

Policy

Take action with the aim of supporting imperfect health services provided in the accuracy Assessment of patients.

 

Procedure

1.      Examination melelui axillary temperature

a.       Describe the purpose and implementation procedures

b.      Washing hands

c.       Use gloves (handscond)

d.      Adjust the position of the client (sitting / lying down)

e.       When using a mercury thermometer, then lower the temperature on the thermometer prior to the figure of 35 ° c

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f.       Place the thermometer in the axillae then tell the patient clamped to 3-5 minutes.

g.      When using a digital thermometer, then wait until the thermometer reads and wait until the sound stops then the results can be seen printed on the thermometer

h.      Noting the results of the investigation

i.        Clean the thermometer

2.     Measure the temperature of the body through the rectum

a.       Describe the purpose and implementation procedures

b.      Washing hands

c.       Use gloves (handscond)

d.      Adjust the position by asking the patient to tilt left

e.       When using a rectal thermometer mercury, then lower the temperature on the thermometer until the number 0 ° C and apply Vaslin / gelly taste

f.       Lower the patient's clothing to parts of the gluteal and maintaining patient privacy.

g.      Place the palms on the side of the gluteal patient and insert the thermometer into the rectum, have the patient hold up to 3-5 minutes and try not to change its position.

h.      After completion of the lift thermometer and read / record results

i.        Clean the thermometer

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3.     Examination of body temperature through oral

a.       Describe the purpose and implementation procedures

b.      Washing hands

c.       Use gloves (handscond)

d.      Adjust the position of the client (sitting / lying down)

e.       When using a mercury thermometer, then lower the temperature on the thermometer prior to the figure of 35 ° c

f.       Tentukkan lies under the tongue

g.      Place the thermometer under the tongue and gums aligned with

h.      Instruct the clenched mouth for 3-5 minutes

i.        Pick up and read the results (in reading straighten and align it with the eyes of the reader and then read the results carefully the extent where the mercury stops, log results)

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