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Please handle
ONLY
YOUR
OWN
sample!
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2. STANDARD BLOOD SAMPLING PROTOCOL Standard precautions apply to contact with blood, all body fluids, secretions, and excretions except sweat, regardless of whether they contain blood. The center for disease control (CDC) recommends standard precautions based on the rational that medical history and examination cannot reliably identify all patients with blood borne pathogens. Please adhere to the following procedure when sampling blood using the unistik 3 disposable lancets.

3. Preparations
Wash hands with soap and water
Assemble all the necessary items (see photo below)
Set up a clean sheet of absorbent bench paper
Onto the clean paper set the 5 items below:
1 band-aid, opened, ready to use
3 sterile alcohol prep pads, opened, & ready to use
Unistik 3 lancet
1 test strip
Glucometer

4. Step 1:
Choose the sample site.

5. Step 2:
Place test-strip into glucometer
Display will show the number on the test strip bottle, then switch to the screen with the blood droplet display.

6. Step 3:
Twist the cap to “Unlock” the lancet and continue to twist until the cap separates easily from the body. DO NOT PULL!!
Step 4:
Press platform firmly against the chosen site and press the release button.

7. Step 5: Dispose of lancet in a sharps container. Step 6:
Touch tip of the test strip to the droplet of blood at a 45° angle
Read the value of blood glucose on the glucometer screen

8. Step 7:
Clean the sample site with an
alcohol prep pad and bandage
after each test. Place these used materials in red biohazard bags provided.
Step 8:
Remove test strip from glucometer and place into red biohazard bag

9. Step 9:
Clean the tip of the glucometer with a clean alcohol pad
Step 10:
Place your used absorbent paper into red biohazard bag
Wash your hands with soap and water