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About temperature measurements

2019-08-21 07:11:13
How to measure temp means how much time it need to kept in mouth and it has to keep inside to the mouth or middle of the tongue or left of tongue pls give clarity ,for me if keeping right side of tongue for 1min 98.6 and I change to left side there is 99.2 reading is that correct or not pls tell sir
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Orally thermometer should be kept below the tongue for 3min ... Do not take any hot or cold drink at least 20 min before reading

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