When documenting a temperature reading on the patient chart, what abbreviation should be used to indicate the site of an oral reading?

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When obtaining an oral temperature, you do not have to indicate the site when documenting the reading in the patient's health record. However, if you use an alternative site, you should write (or put in the correct window in the EHR) the following identifiers after recording the temperature: (T) for tympanic, (A) for axillary, or (TA) for temporal artery.

When Documenting a Temperature Reading on the Patient Chart, What