Accu-Chek Inform II System: Risk, Advantages, and Effective Use

This report provides an analysis of the Accu-Chek Inform II system, a modern healthcare solution designed for rapid and accurate blood glucose level assessment. It details the device's advantages, such as its quick results, user-friendly interface, and single-use sterile lancets, which minimize contamination risk. The report also highlights the disadvantages, including potential risks associated with improper use, such as injuries and infectious conditions, along with the need for user training and patient or operator ID for safety. Furthermore, it discusses strategies for effective use, emphasizing the importance of training sessions, adherence to cleaning and hygiene protocols, and the implementation of user IDs and passwords for data protection. The report concludes by summarizing the device's role in healthcare, its advantages in providing accurate blood glucose readings, and the strategies necessary to mitigate potential risks and ensure patient safety and quality of care.

•Introduction
• The Accu-Chek® Inform II system is a modern healthcare solution which
helps the healthcare professionals and patients to assess their blood
sugar level in a rapid, fast and accurate way (Roche Diagnostics, 2019).
• It is a modern day technology that helps to assess the blood glucose
level within 5 seconds.
• As per Andrews(2017), The Accu-Chek is a medical device which is
utilized by 60% of the Americans for their diabetes assessment and
accurate results.
• this healthcare device is available with test strips and User ID and
passwords so that patient information and the healthcare data could be
saved (Vashist & Luong, 2017).
• Accu chek inform II
• The Accu-Chek Inform system II is one of the widely available cutting edge
technology which is wireless and works as a glucose meter to provide a
rapid and accurate result to the users.
• This device provides a high definition screen which is available in touch
screen as well as a 2-D barcode reader. Users can protect their
information and details of their monthly or weekly sugar level thorugh
passwords (Roche Diagnostics, 2019).
• Further, for each test strip, the product comes with LOT numbers and
control measures so that in any adverse condition, the patient could be
provided with effective utility (Stene & Song, 2016).
• The device is completely waterproof and the design of this device is
simple so that after using the device, cleaning and infection control could
be achieved.
• Hence. Application of this Accu-Chek Inform II system helps the service
users with effective means so that by keeping up with the industry
standards for healthcare information system manufacturing, easiest and
lucid devices could be developed and provided to the patients (Vashist &
Luong, 2017).
•Advantages
• The Accu-Chek Inform II device helps the users with a detailed printable report of their 1
month blood sugar report and in this documentation the patient and operators are
identified. Therefore it is advantageous (Stene & Song, 2016).
• The strips which are used for the blood sugar assessment are single time usable sterile
lancets that reduces the chances of contamination.
• It is easier to dispose the lancets used in this device due to which, patients can easily
dispose them after their use and hence, the risk of injury is minimal (Roche Diagnostics,
2019).
•Disadvantages
• The device comes with multiple functioning and complex settings , due
to which users that do not have any knowledge or literacy of using
such devices, could be affected with injuries or serious infectious
conditions. Hence, it is inconvenient for people who are unable to
understand the usability of this device.
• The volume sample is very low and with 0.6 μL of sample, accuracy of
the assessment could be questioned.
• For the patient safety purpose, it is important to have a patient ID or
an operator ID for the application of this device. Hence in the absence
of this, the users who are wiling to use this for their preventive
measures, could be affected (Cha, Qin & Meyerhoff, 2015).
•Risk of patient safety and quality
• The first risk of Accu-Chek Inform II device could be associated with the
application of this device among patients who are completely unaware of
its application. Hence, it increases the risk of injury among such patients
(Cha, Qin & Meyerhoff, 2015).
• Further, if after using the device, patients or operators do not clean the
device or change the strips, which cannot be reused, then infectious
disease could be acquired by the patients.
•Strategies for effective use
•References
Andrews, M. (2017). The Accu-Chek Inform II Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Cha, K. H., Qin, Y., & Meyerhoff, M. E. (2015). Origin of Low Detection Limit
and High Selectivity of Roche Accu-Chek Test Strips that Enables
Measurement of Tear Glucose Levels.
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27(3), 670-676.
Roche Diagnostics. (2019). Accu-Chek® Inform II system. Retrieved from
https://diagnostics.roche.com/us/en/products/instruments/accu-che
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Stene, D., & Song, L. (2016). Investigation of Maltose Interference on the
Roche ACCU-CHEK Inform II Blood Glucose Meter.
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Vashist, S. K., & Luong, J. H. (2017). Blood glucose monitoring devices.
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solutionsolution
• This poster effectively discusses the Accu-Chek Inform system II that is
widely used around the world for the assessment of blood sugar level
in the patients body.
• In this aspect, the advantages of this device associated to its efficient
and swift application within healthcare system and its effectiveness in
maintaining accurate blood glucose level was mentioned.
• Further, the disadvantages related to potential risk of infection and
others were mentioned in the poster.
• Finally, the poster mentions the way such risk of infection or severe
injuries could be eliminated. The primary strategy which is observed is
associated to the application of training, workshop or educational
sessions so that high usability of the device among the patients could
be achieved.
•Conclusion
•The first strategy that should be applied to mitigate the risk of infection
or reduce the extent of the disadvantages among the patients or the
operators is application of educational or training sessions (Vashist &
Luong, 2017).
•The company producing such path breaking devices should understand
the effectiveness of this and conduct training or workshop sessions with
both the consumers so that they could learn the actual way of using such
devices (Cha, Qin & Meyerhoff, 2015).
•Further, the healthcare facilities where such devices are used should
recommend a guideline and circulate it effectively so that cleaning and
hygiene related aspects could be strictly followed within such facilities.