How-To Guide

GlucoSure Link Blood Glucose Monitoring System
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Important Safety Instructions
• The meter and lancing device are for single patient use. Do not share them with
anyone including other family members! Do not use on multiple patients!
• All parts of the kit are considered biohazardous and can potentially transmit
infectious diseases, even after you have performed cleaning and disinfection.
• Users should wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling the meter,
lancing device, or test strips.
The link of public health notication and standard practice guideline are:
• “FDA Public Health Notication: Use of Fingerstick Devices on More than One
Person Poses Risk for Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens: Initial Communication”
https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170111013014/http://www.fda.gov/
MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm224025.htm.
• “CDC website on “Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin
Administration.” http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/blood-glucose-monitoring.html
WARNING
• Use of this device on multiple patients may lead to transmission of Human
Immunodeciency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), or
other bloodborne pathogens.”