Bayer HealthCare XL Blood Glucose Meter User Manual


 
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10 Warning: Potential Biohazard
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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
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 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 pro-
tection and can be used as background material for instruction.