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

8 Blood glucose testing in a multi-patient setting
- Supplementary information for healthcare
professionals
The use of the same Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter to perform blood
glucose tests on more than one patient is restricted to trained staff
working in doctors' practices, hospitals and diabetes training centres
and nursing professionals in in-patient or home-care settings.
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; Ap-
proved Guideline – Third Edition; CLSI document M29-A3, 2005").
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 and,
for as long as the suspicion exists, the meter must not be
used to test any other patient.
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The test strip guide and measuring window must always be kept
clean. When you turn the meter on to perform a test, the test strip
is advanced over the measuring window and out through the test
strip guide. Any residues of blood remaining on the measuring
window or in the test strip guide may get onto the test strip and
contaminate it.
The hypo indicator level may vary from person to person. There-
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fore we recommend leaving the hypo indicator turned off when
using the meter in a professional setting.
When using the meter always follow the recognized procedures for
handling objects that have the potential for being contaminated with
human material. Observe the health and safety policy of your laboratory
or institution.
To stop your meter becoming contaminated, please observe additionally
the directions given in the next few pages.
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