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Why is a digital thermometer safer than a clinical thermometer?

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Clinical thermometers are mercury thermometers. Clinical thermoeters may cause human errors which will affect the accuracy of the reading . On the other hand , digital thermometer doesnt cause human errors and will give accurate answers.
Also, clinical thermometers are made using mercury which is a very harmfull chemical. hence DIGITAL thermometers are safer when compared to CLINICAL thermometers.

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