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• Take the thermometer out of its holder.
• Put the tip into a new throw-away plastic cover if one is available. If you do not have a cover, clean the pointed end (probe) with soap and warm water or rubbing alcohol. Rinse it with cool water.
• With your mouth open, put the covered tip under your tongue.
• Close your lips gently around the thermometer.
• Keep the thermometer under your tongue until the digital thermometer beeps.
• Remove the thermometer when numbers show up in the "window".
• Read the numbers in the window. These numbers are your temperature.
• Your caregiver may want you to keep a temperature record. Write down the time and your temperature each time you take it.
• Remove or eject the throw-away cover if you used one.
• Place the thermometer back in its holder.