Disinfecting Glucometers

Sure. We have the Roche INFORM II. We use one bleach wipe (not dripping wet) to clean. We use a second bleach wipe (not dripping wet) to disinfect using the one minute contact (wet time) for the brand we use. I stress the importance for using the exact technique the manufacturer states is the method for 'wiping' to disinfect and not to wing it laying a wet bleach towel over the meter and not to wrap the meter either (eg loosely stated it's in one direction you wipe three times, then you go at right angles and wipe again three times; repeat as you move around the meter).

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Same here, we use the Roche Inform II. Make sure to use the approved wipes that are stated in the manual, we actually got cited for not using the approved wipes and it has been a headache trying to get the hospitals to switch.

We also use the Accuchek Inform II system.  Our infection control policy requires our users to clean and disinfect in between each patient.  We use the Super Sani-Cloth Germicidal Disposable Wipes.  This is an alcohol based product with a kill time of 2 minutes.  The only bacteria that these wipes will not cover is C-diff.  Therefore, when we have a known C-diff patient, our users are instructed to use our Disposable Bleach wipes.  The bleach wipes have a kill time of 4 minutes and leave a bad residue behind that will eventually break the meters' casing down and will also interfere with the transmission of results.  This is the reason that we do not use bleach routinely on our Accuchek  Inform II meters.  If our users must use the bleach wipe on the meters, they are instructed that when the meter dries, they must use a Super Sani-Cloth to wipe the residue away. 

We clean Inform ll w/ Super Sani Cloth Germicidal and Bleach wipes as well. 

In addition we do a random spot check on all the units, our goal is 5 - 10 %/ month (total Operators) and document our findings on a spreadsheet. 

We have NOVA meters and we use bleach ( wipes) to disinfect each  meter AFTER each use.  This our hospital protocol because you never know if the patient has C diff  until the Micro report is posted. The SaniCloth does not kill C diff.   In the meantime if you do not clean the meter after each use, you  could be spreading the disease until patient  is isolate.

How to police disinfection is another matter.  Each unit have their assigned disinfection police and the Infection Control nurse ( not me or the lab)  monitors the disinfection. it is something the nurses worked out.  

 Bleach is the recommended disinfectant by the manufacturer.