Sealed rectangular green cardboard Tempa-Dot Single Use Oral Thermometer box; full with 20 individual disposable oral thermometers; exterior of box completely covered in layer of clear cellophane with white tear strip near top; box has printed product information on exterior top, bottom proper left…
Sealed rectangular green cardboard Tempa-Dot Single Use Oral Thermometer box; full with 20 individual disposable oral thermometers; exterior of box completely covered in layer of clear cellophane with white tear strip near top; box has printed product information on exterior top, bottom proper left and proper right sides, lot number on bottom and directions on back.
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Research Facts
Thermometers have a long history of medical use; temperature first linked to illness in 1700s and the first practical medical thermometer invented by Sir Thomas Allbutt in 1867.
Tempa-Dot Single Use Oral Thermometers use chemical indicators that are activated by heat to measure temperature; disposable thermometers generate more waste than traditional thermometers, but can also be more sanitary and limit the spread of germs between patients.
The Tempa-Dot trademark was first filed filed by Organon Inc. in 1975 and has since been used by 3M and Medical Indicators.