Suitable Disinfectants - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

When to disinfect
Each time after you have tested a patient's blood glucose:
Wipe the area around the test strip guide.
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If you find blood on the cloth, also wipe the test strip guide itself and
the measuring window.
If there is blood on the meter:
Wipe the meter.
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If blood has entered the meter:
Wipe the area around the test strip guide, the lower edge of the
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drum compartment cover and the measuring window.
Allow areas you have wiped time to dry thoroughly.
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The meter, test strip guide and measuring window must be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected at least once a day after use. Carefully check all
recesses, grooves and gaps, as well as the blanking plate.
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Suitable disinfectants

Use only disinfectants of proven effectiveness quoted in official guide-
lines (e.g. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute: Protection of
Laboratory Workers from Occupationally Acquired Infections; Approved
Guideline – Third Edition; CLSI document M29-A3, 2005).
Use alcohol-based surface disinfectants with virucidal activity. Suitable
agents are those, for instance, based on alcohols, aldehyde cleavers and
quaternary compounds*. Use them according to manufacturer's instruc-
tions.
* List of disinfection methods that have been tested in accordance with the "Richtlinien
für die Prüfung chemischer Desinfektionsmittel" [Guidelines for testing chemical
disinfectants] and the "Anforderungskatalog" [Requirements catalogue] of the DGHM
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie e.V.) [= German Society for Hygiene
and Microbiology, Registered Society] based on the DGHM standard methods for testing
chemical disinfection methods, and have been found to be efficacious by the Desinfek-
tionsmittel-Kommission [= Disinfectants Commission] of the DGHM in collaboration with
representatives of the following professional associations: DGKH (Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Krankenhaushygiene e.V.) [= German Society for Hospital Hygiene, Registered Society],
GHU (Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin e.V.) [= German Society for Hygiene and
Environmental Medicine, Registered Society], DVV (Deutsche Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung
der Viruskrankheiten e.V.) [= German Association for the Control of Virus Diseases, Regis-
tered Society] and DVG (Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische Gesellschaft e.V.)
[= German Veterinary Society, Registered Society]
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