Testing Blood Glucose In More Than One Patient - Accu-Chek Active User Manual

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Testing blood glucose in more than one patient

Testing blood glucose in more than one patient
Information for healthcare professionals
Only staff working in doctors' practices, hospitals and diabetes training centres, and nursing staff for
inpatients and outpatients are allowed to perform blood glucose tests on more than one patient using the
same Accu‑Chek Active meter.
Always follow the recognised procedures for handling objects that are potentially contaminated with
human material for all steps involved in using the meter. Practise the health and safety policy of your
laboratory or institution.
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• Any patient with an infection or suffering from an infectious disease and any patient who is a
carrier of a multi-resistant microorganism must be assigned his/her own meter. This also
applies if it is suspected that a patient has one of the above. During this time the meter must
not be used to test any other patient.
• Patients and medical staff are potentially at risk of becoming infected if the same Accu‑Chek Active
meter is used to test blood glucose in more than one patient. All objects that come into contact with
human blood are potential sources of infection.
• Residues of water or disinfectant on the skin can dilute the blood drop and so produce incorrect test
results.
• Dispose of used lancets or single‑use lancing devices and used test strips according to the health
and safety policy of your laboratory or institution.
• Wear protective gloves.
• The patient's hands should be washed with warm water and soap or cleaned with an alcohol wipe and
then dried well.
• Use only a lancing device approved for use by healthcare professionals. Observe the operating
procedures in the respective User's Manual.
• Apply blood to the test strip while it is outside the meter (see page 20, "Applying blood – With test
strip outside the meter" section).
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