None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Measuring temperature is an essential part of nursing care. It has been widely accepted as an indication of a neonates wellbeing. It can give an early indication of sepsis, which can be fatal in the neonate. A comparative descriptive design will be used in preterm and term neonates from 24 to 40 weeks gestation. Three groups will be used<28 weeks,<36 weeks and >36 weeks. The sample will include any neonate admitted to the unit. Non-probability convenience sampling will be used. the study will compare the BD digital thermometer with two trial devices, the Genius 2 infrared tympanic thermometer and the SureTemp Plus 690 electronic thermometer. Each neonate on the trial will have thier temperature taken at the allocated 'care time', firstly using the tympanic thermometer then taking the axilla temperature using the electronic and digital thermometers.
Interventions
Temperature taken with:
digital thermometer, electronic thermomater, tympanic thermometer
temperatures will be taken at the allocated care time of each neonate.
Each thermometer will be used one after the other. 1st the digital thermometer, which takes between 2-3 minutes, 2nd tymapnic thermometer, which takes 2 seconds, and 3rd the electronic thermometer which takes 10 seconds.
Duration of the study will be 12 months.
Sponsors
The Townsville Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
24 Weeks to 44 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Neonatal population from birth who are admitted to the neoantal unit. Therfore any neonate who is admitted to the unit is elligible to enrol in the trial as long as we have gained parental consent.
Exclusion criteria
No exclusion criteria
Outcome results
None listed