Blood Glucose Testing In A Multi-Patient Setting - Information For Healthcare Professionals - Accu-Chek Compact Plus User Manual

10 Blood glucose testing in a multi-patient setting –
Information for healthcare professionals
Only professionals working in doctors' practices, hospitals and diabetes
training centres as well as in-patient and ambulent nursing staff are
allowed to perform blood glucose tests on more than one patient using
the same Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter.
When using the meter always follow the recognized procedures for han-
dling objects that are potentially contaminated with human material.
Practice the hygiene and safety policy of your laboratory or institution.
Also, to stop your meter becoming contaminated, please follow the
directions printed on the next few pages.
Notes
Patients and healthcare workers are potentially at risk of becom-
ing infected when the same Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter is
used to test blood glucose in several patients. Any object coming
into contact with human blood is a potential source of infection
(see: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute: Protection of
Laboratory Workers from Occupationally Acquired Infections;
Approved Guideline – Third Edition; CLSI document M29-A3,
2005).
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Any patient with an infection or suffering from an infectious
disease and any patient who is a carrier of a multiresistant
organism must be assigned his/her own meter. This applies
also if a patient is suspected of being one of the above. For
as long as the suspicion exists, the meter must not be used
to test any other patient.
The lancing device is intended only for patient self-monitoring by
a single person. It must not be used to collect blood in a multi-
patient setting as it does not incorporate any features to guard
against cross-infections.
Healthcare professionals testing blood glucose in a multi-patient
setting must not use the Accu-Chek Softclix Plus lancing device
to collect blood and should therefore remove the lancing device
from the meter. The lancing device may be replaced with a blank-
ing plate (see Chapter 10.1).
The hypo indicator level may vary from person to person. There-
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fore we recommend leaving the hypo indicator function turned
off when using the meter in a professional setting.
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