why a clinical thermometer should not be washed in hot water?
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to kill bacteria attached to the bulb
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A clinical thermometer should not be washed in hot water, because it will break up.
Explanation:
- Clinical thermometer is used to measure the temperature 95 to 105F (35°C to 42°C).
- It is used to read the temperature of human and animals.
- It is mainly used in clinics.
- It has a long narrow tube with a mercury bulb at end.
- When this thermometer is kept in boiling water, the mercury at the end will expand and break the glass tube.
- So it should be handled very carefully.
- Before usage, it should be sterilized properly.
- This type of thermometer can't be used for measuring high temperature.
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