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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? ______________________

5) What is the normal adult range for body temperature? ___________________________

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? ____________________________

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.