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Cleaning the blood glucose monitoring system
Cleaning and disinfecting the finger pricker
To prevent the transmission of infections, you must regularly clean and disinfect the finger pricker and
cap:
• at least once a week,
• when there is blood on them,
• always before someone else handles the finger pricker, for example, to assist you.
You need lint-free cloths in which you can wrap the whole finger pricker, water and 70 % isopropanol.
Before you disinfect the finger pricker and the cap, you first have to clean them to remove blood and
other dirt.
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• Visually impaired people must be assisted by a sighted person when cleaning the finger pricker.
• Do not immerse the finger pricker and the cap in the fluids.
• Use only water for cleaning and only 70 % isopropanol for disinfecting.
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