Name__________________________________ Per_______
Date___________________
TURN IN!
Body Temperature and Infection Control:
1) Why do scientists think the human body’s temperature is
generally set to 98.6 F?
2) Describe at LEAST 2 ways body temperature is related to
pathogen control or chain of infection control.
3) List 4 methods for taking body temperature:
4) Which method of taking body temperature is most accurate?
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5) What is the normal adult range for body temperature?
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6) What is the normal infant- 1yr old range for body
temperature? ____________________
7) When is an adult considered
febrile?_________________________________________
8) What are at least 2 things you should ask before you take a
person’s oral temperature to avoid error?
9) When would you NOT take an oral temperature (list at least 3
instances NOT described in #8):
10) How would you take the temperature of a 6mo. old?
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11) How should you clean a digital thermometer? (be part
specific):
11) How do you position or use the temporal scanning
thermometer?
12) Describe how fever works and why you get the chills.
