Proper Accu-Check Cleaning – Desinfection and Use assessment – PSA
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1. Where is the only acceptable area to discard lancets?
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2. How often should the accu-check meter be cleaned and disinfected
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3. Anyone performing a fingerstick blood sugar is required to wear gloves.
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4. You must turn off meter and place on a flat surface prior to cleaning and disinfecting the meter.
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5. What is the proper way to wipe to disinfect the accu-check meter
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6. Outdated test strips and controls must be discarded immediately
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7. Control solutions must be dated with open date and 3 month expiration date when opened.
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8. It is proper maintenance to squeeze excess disinfecting solution into the accu-check port.
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9. You must always wash your hands prior to and after performing a glucose test on a patient.
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10. Glucose control solutions and test strips are to be kept at room temperature.
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11. Prior to performing a fingerstick blood sugar, the finger is wiped with an alcohol pad, and allowed to air dry prior to pricking finger.
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12. Strips are stored in the same tightly capped vial in which they are packaged and are stable until the expiration date on the vial.
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13. When disinfecting the Accu- check meter I need to dry it off immediately after applying the disinfectant
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14. How do I clean the Accu-check meter?
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15. If the patient is not in isolation, it is not necessary to disinfect the accu-check meter
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