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Performing a blood glucose test
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When testing multiple patients, follow these guidelines for disease control:
• Never reuse lancets. Restrict use of fingerstick capillary whole blood sampling devices to individual
patients. Use only single-use lancets that permanently retract upon puncture.
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• Dispose of used fingerstick devices and lancets at the point of use in an approved biohazard sharps
container.
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• External surfaces of the meter should be disinfected regularly and anytime contamination with blood
or body fluids occurs or is suspected.
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• If a meter has been used for one patient and must be reused for another patient, the device must be
disinfected in between patients or before use on another patient.
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• Wear gloves when performing a fingerstick for glucose monitoring and during any other procedure that
involves potential exposure to blood or body fluids.
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• Change gloves between patient contacts. Change gloves that have touched potentially blood- or body
fluid-contaminated objects or fingerstick wounds before touching clean surfaces.
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1. Centers for Disease Control. Recommended Infection – Control and Safe Injection Practices to Prevent Patient–to–Patient
Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens.
Yellow = 5mm margin, Red = 7mm margin
Yellow = 5mm margin, Red = 7mm margin
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