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Clean the counter
Wash your hands

Use Sterile Technique

Sterile technique is always important when using a device that creates a hole in our critical defense called the skin. Three key steps make infections and abscesses less likely:

  1. The countertop on which the infusion set and equipment are placed before insertion can be another source for bacteria. Use a clean countertop and keep critical items like the infusion set safely in their sterile wrapping prior to insertion.
  2. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm to hot running water. Rub hands vigorously for at least 10-15 seconds as you wash them. Pay attention to the backs of hands, wrists, between fingers, and under fingernails.Hands come in contact with lots of contaminated objects through the day. Washing the hands thoroughly with plain old soap eliminates most of the bacteria originating from these contacts.
  3. Another source for bacteria is the breath exiting the mouth and nose. Do not blow on the infusion site or anything else to dry it. Keep your reservoir and infusion set at eye level to avoid breathing on them.

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