Product Manual

40 Temperature Operation Welch Allyn Spot Vital Signs LXi
7. Remove the probe after the temperature measurement is complete and firmly press
the ejection button on the top of the probe to release the probe cover.
8. Return the probe to the probe well and wash your hands.
Monitor Mode
Monitor Mode displays the temperature of the probe as long as the probe remains in
place at the measurement site and remains within the operating patient temperature
range. The patient’s temperature will reach final equilibrium in approximately three
minutes in the oral and rectal sites and five minutes in the axillary site.
To take a temperature in Monitor Mode:
1. Verify that the correct probe (oral/axillary = blue ejection button or rectal = red
ejection button) and matching probe well are installed (see “SureTemp Plus” on
page 27).
2. Hold the probe handle with your thumb and two fingers on the indentations of the
probe handle and withdraw the probe from the probe well.
3. Insert the probe into a probe cover and press the probe handle down firmly. The
probe handle moves slightly to engage the probe cover.
4. Take the patient’s temperature using the Normal Mode as previously described. Leave
the probe in place after Spot LXi beeps and the temperature is displayed.
5. Hold the probe in place for approximately 30 seconds after the temperature is
displayed until the temperature display shows the Monitor Mode indicator.
6. Hold the thermometer in place for a total of three minutes for oral and rectal mode or
five minutes for axillary mode. The thermometer will not beep to indicate a final
temperature.
7. Record the temperature before removing the probe from the site; the monitored
temperature is not stored in memory for recall.
8. Remove the probe from the patient and firmly press the ejection button on the top of
the probe to release the probe cover.
9. Return the probe to the probe well to reset the thermometer to Normal Mode.
Temperature Measurement Range Indicators
When Spot LXi detects a temperature out of the SureTemp Plus measurement range, it
beeps twice and displays the exceeded temperature limit. A small arrow flashes to
indicate whether the out-of-range temperature measurement is too high (up arrow) or too
low (down arrow).
WARNING Long-term continuous monitoring beyond three to five minutes is not
recommended in any mode.
Note
Spot LXi does not retain Monitor Mode temperatures in memory for recall.