Setting the Incubator Temperature and Placing the Infant in the Incubator
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OPERATION
(3) Before attaching the skin temperature probe to the
infant, clean the site of attachment using alcohol or
lukewarm water to get rid of any fetal fat or dirt.
(4) Attach the heat-sensing portion of the temperature
probe to a site between the navel and the xiphoid
process on the infant’s abdominal median line us-
ing the “Cover Baby”. The heat-sensing surface
should touch the skin. Affix a piece of tape a slight
distance from the tip of the probe and fix the probe
securely to the skin.
z
Do not place the skin temperature probe under
the infant. Do not use it as a rectal probe.
z
If the heat-sensing portion of the skin temperature
probe is not correctly attached to the infant, or if it
accidentally comes off the infant, the skin temper-
ature will not be able to be detected accurately.
z
Follow the doctor’s instructions as to the site of at-
tachment of the skin temperature probe when the
infant is in a prone position.
Cover Baby
Tape
Skin temperature
probe
Cover Baby
Skin temperature
probe
Resin
Metal
Skin
(5) The temperature detected by the skin temperature
probe will be displayed on the skin temperature
display.
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