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Open Access 01-08-2021 | Letter to the Editor

Overlooked Bias with Thermometer Evaluations Using Quickly Retaken Temperatures in EHR: Axillary, Oral, Temporal Artery, and Tympanic Thermometry

Authors: Charles Harding, AB, Marybeth Pompei, DPS, RN, Dmitriy Burmistrov, PhD, Francesco Pompei, PhD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2021

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Title: Overlooked Bias with Thermometer Evaluations Using Quickly Retaken Temperatures in EHR: Axillary, Oral, Temporal Artery, and Tympanic Thermometry
Authors: Charles Harding, AB
Marybeth Pompei, DPS, RN
Dmitriy Burmistrov, PhD
Francesco Pompei, PhD
Publication date: 01-08-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2021
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06930-2

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