Roche Accu-Chek Instant - Supplies and Healthcare Professional Info

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Technical Information
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Additional Supplies
Test Strips: Accu‑Chek Instant test strips
Control Solutions: Accu‑Chek Instant
control solutions
Information for Healthcare
Professionals
w WARNING
Healthcare Professionals: Follow the
infection control procedures
appropriate for your facility. Refer to
the test strip package insert for
additional healthcare professional
information.
Sample Handling
Always wear gloves when handling
blood‑contaminated items. Always adhere
to the recognised procedures for handling
objects that are potentially contaminated
with human material. Follow the hygiene
and safety policy of your laboratory or
institution. Prepare the selected blood
collection site per facility policy.
Refer to the test strip package insert for
additional information regarding
acceptable sample types, anticoagulants,
and handling instructions.
Recommending Alternative Site
Testing to Patients
Decisions about whether to recommend
Alternative Site Testing (AST) should take
into account the motivation and
knowledge level of the patient and his or
her ability to understand the
considerations relative to diabetes and
AST. If you are considering recommending
AST for your patients, you need to
understand that there is a potential for a
significant dierence between fingertip or
palm test results and test results obtained
from the forearm or upper arm. The
dierence in capillary bed concentration
and blood perfusion throughout the body
can lead to sample site‑to‑site dierences
in blood glucose results. These
physiological eects vary between
individuals and can vary within a single
individual based upon his or her behaviour
and relative physical condition.
On the finger pricker itself and on the packaging of the Accu‑Chek FastClix finger pricker,
you will encounter the following symbols, shown here with their meaning.
D
Use only once
E
Use by
L
Batch code
S
Sterilised using irradiation
c
This product fulfils the requirements of the European Directive
93/42/EEC on medical devices.
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