the full brochure

Safety-engineered lancet for enhanced patient
and staff safety
The Clinical Challenge:
Staff and patient safety is a top concern for every healthcare facility. Minimizing health risks faced by workers and patients
due to exposure to bloodborne pathogens is also part of complying with stringent OSHA directives.
The Clinical Solution:
The ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancet is designed with special
internal safety tabs to prevent reuse, and meets OSHA requirements mandating “safety-engineered” needle devices to reduce such risks.1
The ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancet:
designed with safety in mind.
Safety-engineered
This easy-to-use, single-use lancet adds protection by permanently retracting into its protective case after use, preventing accidental fingersticks. And the ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancet delivers the blood sample you need to perform the test your patient requires.
From the moment you choose to use it until the moment it’s
discarded, the ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancet meets safety
standards expected from you, your patients, and staff—and
OSHA as well.
• Retractable needle meets OSHA
requirements which helps reduce accidental fingersticks
and enhance infection control
Economic value
• Helps reduce liability risks and
other costs linked to incidents of
cross-contamination
• Simple two-step function means
minimal training required
ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancets:
Delivering safety and compliance with every blood sample
Simple two-step process:
Twist off cap.
Press blue button.
2
1
Remove blue sterility cap with a simple
twist.
Safety mechanisms:
Before use
Cleanse the puncture site according to your
facility’s protocols, then gently hold lancet
against side of fingertip (middle or ring finger
is recommended2) and press blue button to
activate. Excess pressure on the finger should
be avoided. Properly discard the lancet and cap
after use.
During use
After use
Safety tab
Needle retracted
Depressed
blue button
Safety tab
Safety tabs broken
The ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancet’s safety tabs are positioned
in a T-shape, designed to break
after a single use.
After the blue button is depressed,
the spring-loaded firing action
breaks the safety tabs to prevent
reuse.
Safety tabs broken
The lancet permanently retracts
into its protective case after
use to help prevent accidental
fingersticks and crosscontamination during disposal.
For more information, contact your Roche
Diagnostics representative or call the
ACCU-CHEK Customer Care Service
Center any time at 1-800-440-3638, or
visit www.poc.roche.com.
Available in boxes of 200 lancets.
ACCU-CHEK Safe-T-Pro lancets
Cat. No. 03136752001
www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens. Accessed 10/26/2011.
www.who.int/injection_safety/job_aids. Accessed 10/26/2011.
1
2
ACCU-CHEK and SAFE-T-PRO are trademarks of Roche Diagnostics.
©2011 Roche Diagnostics. All rights reserved. 340-50685-1011
Roche Diagnostics.
9115 Hague Road
Indianapolis, IN 46256