Important Safety Information - Contour Next GEN 9658 User Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Alternative Site Testing (AST) is not intended for use with
this meter.
If your blood sugar reading is under the critical level you have
established with your health care professional, follow their
advice immediately.
If your blood sugar reading is over the recommended limit set
by your health care professional:
1. Wash and dry your hands well.
2. Retest with a new strip.
If you get a similar result, follow your health care professional's
advice immediately.
Talk to Your Health Care Professional:
• Before setting any Target Ranges in your meter or in compatible
Ascensia Diabetes Care software.
• Before changing your treatment or medication based on test results.
• If you obtain test results that are not consistent with the way you feel.
• Before making any other decision of medical relevance.
Potential Biohazard
• Always wash your hands with antibacterial soap and water and
dry them well before and after testing or handling the meter,
lancing device, or test strips.
• If your meter is being operated by a second person who is
providing testing assistance to you, the meter and lancing device
should be disinfected prior to use by the second person.
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WARNING
• All parts of the kit are considered biohazardous and can
potentially transmit infectious diseases, even after you have
performed cleaning and disinfection.
• For complete instructions on cleaning and disinfecting your meter
and lancing device, see Cleaning and Disinfection on page 48.
• For more information about cleaning and disinfecting your meter
or lancing device see: "US Food and Drug Administration. Use
of fingerstick devices on more than one person poses risk for
transmitting bloodborne pathogens: initial communication. US
Department of Health and Human Services; update 11/29/2010."
http://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170111013014/http://www.
fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm224025.htm
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infection Prevention
during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration. US
Department of Health and Human Services; update June 8, 2017."
http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/blood-glucose-monitoring.html
• The meter and lancing device are for single-patient use. Do not
share them with anyone including other family members! Do not
use on multiple patients.
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• The lancing device usually provided with your kit should not be
used for assisted blood draws by health care professionals or at
health care provision sites.
• Always dispose of used test strips and lancets as medical waste
or as advised by your health care professional.
• All products that come in contact with human blood should be
handled as if capable of transmitting infectious diseases.
• Keep out of reach of children. This kit contains small parts that
could cause suffocation if accidentally swallowed.
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