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Care of the Meter and Strips
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SECTION 5
WARNING: Potential Biohazard: Healthcare professionals or persons using this
system on multiple patients should be aware of the following and should follow
the infection control procedure approved by their facility.
All products or objects which come in contact with human blood, even after clean-
ing, should be handled as if capable of transmitting viral diseases.
The user should follow the recommendations for prevention of blood-borne trans-
missible diseases in healthcare settings, as recommended for potentially infectious
human blood specimens in National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards,
Protection of Laboratory Workers from Instrument Biohazards and Infectious
Disease Transmitted by Blood, Body Fluids and Tissue: Approved Guideline. NCCLS
document M29-A [ISBN 1-56238-339-6] NCCLS, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400,
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1898, USA, 1997. This document has complete informa-
tion on the area of user protection and can be used as background material for
instruction.
