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Temperature probe
Plastic-coated wire placed on the patient’s skin and covered with adhesive plastic. The probe measures the body temperature and may regulate the amount of heat needed from a heat source, such as an overhead warmer.
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Date Last Modified: 08/28/2003 10:27