For patients unable to maintain a thermometer in the mouth,which secondary source may be used to obtain a body temperature measurement?

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For unconscious patients or for those patients unable to maintain the thermometer/probe in the mouth,a rectal or ear canal measurement should be used.The axillary or inguinal folds are the least desirable sites because air currents may reduce the accuracy of the measurement.Therefore,measurement at these sites should be used only when measurement at the other sites is neither possible nor safe.If the temperature is measured at one of these secondary sites,it should be so noted on the patient's record.

For Patients Unable to Maintain a Thermometer in the Mouth,which