Accuracy of parents in measuring body temperature with a tympanic thermometer

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Ability of parents and nurses to detect fever using a home tympanic thermometer, with a hospital tympanic thermometer being the reference standard

	Nurse reported fever on hospital thermometer	Nurse reported no fever on hospital thermometer
Parent reported fever on home thermometer	13	2
Parent reported no fever on home thermometer	4*	41
Nurse reported fever on home thermometer	16	5
Nurse reported no fever on home thermometer	1**	38

*Readings by parents were 37.8 °C, 37.9 °C, and 38.4 °C twice with corresponding hospital thermometer readings being 38.6 °C, 38.5 °C, 38.6 °C, and 39.6 °C
**Reading was 38.4 °C on home thermometer and 38.6 °C on hospital thermometer

ISSN: 2731-4553