In a study of infants under 1
year old in the ED, TA and TM temperatures were compared
to rectal temperatures (Greenes & Fleisher, 2001).
Temperatures were 37.9 ± 1 °C for rectal, 37.6 ± 0.9 °C
for TA and 37.1 ± 0.9 °C for TM; indicating the TA measurement
was more accurate than TM temperatures compared
to rectal.