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08424705001 (01) 2017-04 USA • Accu-Chek Inform II Operator’s Manual Version 6
Important information regarding
safety
Operator qualification
Only trained healthcare professionals may operate the
Accu-Chek Inform II system. Operators must also have
received comprehensive instruction in the operation, quality
control, and care of the Accu-Chek Inform II system.
WARNING
Protection against infection and blood-borne
pathogens
Healthcare professionals using the Accu-Chek Inform II
system to perform tests must be aware that any object
coming into contact with human blood is a potential source
of infection. Operators need to adhere to Standard Precautions
when handling or using the Accu-Chek Inform II system.
All parts of this system should be considered potentially
infectious and are capable of transmitting blood-borne
pathogens between patients and between patients and
healthcare professionals.
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Use gloves. Wear a new pair of clean gloves for testing
each patient.
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Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before
putting on a new pair of gloves and performing the next
patient test.
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Use an auto-disabling single-use lancing device for each
patient.
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Dispose of used lancets in a sturdy sharps container with
lid.
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Dispose of used test strips from patient and proficiency
tests according to your institution’s infection control policy.
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Follow all health and safety regulations in force locally.
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For more information, refer to the following practice
guidelines:
– “Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing
Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare
Settings 2007”, http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/2007ip/
2007isolationprecautions.html.
– “Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical
Laboratories (BMBL)” found at http://www.cdc.gov/
biosafety/publications/bmbl5/
– “CLSI. Protection of Laboratory Workers From
Occupationally Acquired Infections”; Approved Guideline
- Fourth Edition. CLSI document M29-A4. Wayne, PA:
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; 2014.
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