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FDA provides some guidelines to the manufacturers to provide suitable products and procedures to clean and disinfect the glucometers. Note that 70% ethanol solutions are ineffective in killing viruses or blood-borne pathogens, whereas 10% bleach solution can damage the device. Therefore, you should use the cleaning solution available with glucometers. It is even better to the glucometer monitors designed for single-patient use to reduce the chances of infection.
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