Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 36-48 , February 2008

Comparison of Temperature Measurement Devices in Post Anesthesia Patients

  • Georgita Tolbert Washington, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Georgita Tolbert Washington, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, Mountain States Health Alliance, 400 North State of Franklin, Johnson City, TN 37604
    • ,
  • Joetta Lynn Matney, RN, BSN, MBA

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 We have received no benefits in any form from any commercial party that is either directly or indirectly related to the subject of this article. The thermometers investigated in this study were devices already in use at our facilities.

PII: S1089-9472(07)00273-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2007.10.001

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 36-48 , February 2008

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