Accu-Chek Compact Owner's Booklet

Chapter 1: Your New Meter
Notes:
• Do not operate without t
Maintenance and Trouble
• When applying blood, do
• Do not bend the test stri
• Never try to reuse a test
• Do not open the test dru
• After a blood sugar result
• If the display goes blank
the strip and turn off the
• Keep the test drum vial
to the numbers on the la
Proper Testing
• The temperature range m
outside this range, the me
Never artificially heat or co
• Humidity must be below 8
meter return to room temp
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4. Immediately touch and hold the black notch on
the front edge of the test strip to the blood drop.
Do not pull away from the site until the meter
beeps or the 000 is displayed. You may apply
more blood for up to 25 seconds after applying
the first drop.
5. The 000 on the display gradually disappears and
the test result is displayed in 8 seconds. Test
results are automatically stored in the meter’s
memory.
6. Holding the meter upright, press to
release the test strip and turn the meter off.
7. To remove the lancet, take off the lancet device
cap and point the lancet end away from yourself.
8. Slide out the ejector to discharge the lancet into a
puncture-proof container.
For more information about your test results,
see
Understanding Your Test Results.
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Accu-Chek Compact Specifications

General

Brand	Accu-Chek
Model	Compact
Category	Blood Glucose Meter
Language	English