Instructions On How To Use The Blood Glucose Test Strips - Medisana MediTouch Instruction Manual

WARNING
Risk of infection
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• Dispose of your used test strips and used lancets
carefully. If you dispose of the used parts with
the household rubbish, make sure you wrap
them first to avoid harming or infecting other
people.
• Medical staff or others who use this monitor on
more than one patient must be aware that all
products or objects which come into contact
with human blood must be dealt with as if they
are capable of spreading viral diseases, even
after cleaning.
• Never use a lancet or the lancing device on
more than one person.
• Use a new sterile lancet and a new test strip
for every test.
• Lancets, test strips and alcohol pads are
disposable.
• Avoid getting hand cream, oil or dirt in or on
the lancet, lancing device and test strip.
2 Safety Information
2.3 Instructions for using the blood glucose
test strips
• Only use these with the MediTouch monitor.
• Store the test strips in their original container.
• To avoid contamination, only touch the test strips with
clean, dry hands. When removing the strips from the
container and inserting them in the monitor, only touch
them using the grip (holder).
• Close the container again immediately once you have
removed the test strip. This keeps the test strips dry and
free of dust.
• Use the test strip within three minutes of removing
it from the container.
• The test strip is intended to be used only once. Do not use
it again.
• Write the opening date on the label of the container when
you open it for the first time. Observe the expiry date. The
test strips can be used for approx. three months after
opening the container or until the expiry date, whichever
comes first.
• Do not use test strips which have already exceeded the
expiry date, as this can distort the test result. The expiry
date is printed on the container.
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