Attach the skin temperature probe securely to the
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infant’s abdominal wall. The skin temperature can-
not be detected accurately if the skin temperature
probe should be dislodged accidentally from the
infant’s abdominal wall or otherwise attached im-
properly to the infant’s abdominal wall. This may
cause the infant to be warmed excessively. Addi-
tionally, the skin temperature cannot be detected
accurately if the skin temperature probe should be
warmed by being covered with a blanket, diapers
or the infant’s arm, or if it should be cooled by
getting wet with the infant’s urine, perspiration or
some medical fluid.
The unit cannot differentiate the condition in which
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the infant’s skin temperature is low while its core
temperature is high (fever) from the condition in
which the infant’s skin temperature and core tem-
perature are both low (hypothermia). It is recom-
mended that the patient’s core temperature should
be monitored separately when using the unit.
In the servo control mode, if the infant should
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produce heat spontaneously or should have
developed a fever, the heater output may drop
and/or some other adverse effects to the infant
may result.
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