Bayer HealthCare Elite XL - Manual (Page 23)

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Glucometer Elite ® XL
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Warning: Potential Biohazard
section
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 cleaning,
should be handled as if capable of transmit-
ting viral diseases.
The user should follow the recommendations
for prevention of blood-borne transmissible
diseases in healthcare settings, as recom-
mended 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
Tissues: 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 information on
the topic of user protection and can be used
as background material for instruction.