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Notes
Patients and medical staff are potentially at risk of becoming
infected when the same Accu-Chek Go 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).
Any patient with an infection or suffering from an infectious
disease and any patient who is a carrier of a multi-resistant
microorganism must be assigned his/her own meter. This
applies also if a patient is suspected of being one of the
above. During this time the meter must not be used to test
any other patient.
Each person can have a different target range. We therefore rec-
ommend that healthcare professionals do not activate the target
range setting.
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