Is the electronic pen type thermometer as accurate a mercury one?
A MICROLIFE electronic thermometer is even more accurate than a mercury one. To read the correct thermometer on an electronic thermometer is much easier and precise than on a mercury type. Furthermore, the mercury thermometers don’t have a beeper or anything else to indicate when the measurement is completed. Please distinguish between the technical an clinical accuracy is in the specified measuring range +,-0.1°C, the test is performed in the water bath in the comparison to a high accuracy electronic thermometer. The clinical accuracy is tested on human beings in a clinical evaluation, compared with a calibrated reference thermometer is more reliable than the mercury one.
