Cleaning Your Meter Lancing Device And Cap:
- The meter, lancing device and cap should be cleaned at least once per week. Be sure to clean the meter, lancing device and cap before disinfecting.
1. Use a Clorox® Germicidal Wipe to wipe the outside of the meter and lancing device
- To clean your meter, hold it with the test strip port pointed down. Be sure to squeeze out any excess liquid before you wipe the meter.
- Wipe the outside of the lancing device cap.
2. Wipe dry with a clean, sterile gauze
Disinfecting Your Meter, Lancing Device And Cap:
- The meter, lancing device and cap should be disinfected at least once per week. Be sure to clean the meter, lancing device and cap before disinfecting.
1. First, clean your meter, lancing device and cap prior to disinfecting
- Follow step 1 above in this article.
2. Use a new Clorox® Germicidal Wipe to wipe the outside of the meter, lancing device and cap until the surface is damp.
- Be sure to squeeze out any excess liquid before you wipe the meter. Hold the meter with the test strip port pointed down. Allow the surface of the meter, lancing device and cap to remain damp for 1 minute.
3. Wipe dry with a clean, sterile gauze
- Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling the meter, lancing device and cap.
- Do Not use alcohol or any other solvent.
- Do Not allow liquids, dirt, dust, blood or control solution to enter the test strip port or the data port.
- Do Not squeeze the germicidal wipe into test strip port.
- Do Not spray cleaning solution on the meter and lancing device.
- Do Not immerse the meter and lancing device in any liquid.
- The OneTouch Verio® System withstood cleaning and disinfection cycles well in excess of LifeScan’s recommendation.
- Examples of damage to the meter may include:
- fogged display,
- cracked housing or lens,
- illegible labels,
- button not working or meter malfunction (such as repeated error messages).
- Examples of damage to the lancing device and cap may include:
- cracking,
- illegible depth setting numbers
- and lancing device malfunction (such as failure to load, cock or release).
- Do Not use your meter or lancing device if you see evidence of such damage. If you have questions about cleaning or disinfecting, or if you see evidence of physical damage, contact OneTouch® Customer Care.
Cleaning and Disinfecting Cycles:
- The meter, lancing device and cap can be cleaned daily for 3 years and have been tested up to 2879 cleaning cycles.
- The meter, lancing device and cap can be disinfected weekly for 3 years, and have been tested up to 412 cleaning and disinfection cycles.
