FAQ

<p>Medium depth setting</p>

<p>No. The Accu-Chek Safe-T-Pro Plus lancing device is not designed and intended to be used on alternative sites.</p>

<p>No. The lancing device is designed and engineered for one-time use.</p>

<p>Yes.</p>

<p>With children younger than 1 year of age, the capillary blood must be obtained from the heel. Obtaining blood must occur from the lateral areas of the sole.<br>The puncture must occur vertically to the sole. While obtaining blood, the child should be held with its foot vertically facing the floor. A site which has already been punctured must not be punctured a second time.<br>To improve blood flow at the heel before obtaining blood, you can carefully warm the heel, for example by wrapping it in a warm, moist cloth of a maximum 42 °C.<br>The heel must be disinfected and then dried completely.<br>To obtain capillary blood from the heel of children under 1 year, use only the low or medium penetration depth. If the high penetration depth is used, the calcaneus (heel bone) is at risk of being injured.</p>

<p>The device should be disposed in accordance with you facility’s disposable procedures.</p>

<p>If stored properly, the lancing device remains functional for 4 years after sterilisation.</p>

<p>If stored properly, the lancing device remains functional for 4 years after sterilisation.</p>

<p>200 units</p>

<p>Different depth settings are required to accommodate different patients’ skin types.<br>You do not require different single-use lancing devices with different penetration depths.<br>This will save you time, costs and the need to stock a variety of lancing devices.</p>

<p>Choose the low setting for soft, thin and delicate skin or use on average skin to obtain a smaller drop of blood.<br>Choose the medium setting for normal skin or if a medium blood volume is required.<br>Choose the high setting for calloused skin, to obtain a blood sample without pressing and squeezing, if a high blood sample is required or for multi-test situations.</p>