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Appendix A Warnings and Precautions
WARNING Potential Biohazard
Healthcare professionals or persons using the LifeWatch V device 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 cleaning, should be handled as if capable of
transmitting viral diseases.
The user should follow the recommendations for prevention of blood-borne transmissible 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 M29-3. This document has complete information on the area of user
protection and can be used as background material for instruction.
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