Preparing The Finger Pricker - Accu-Chek Mobile User Manual

Preparing the finger pricker

You can use the finger pricker to obtain blood from a fingertip. You can set the penetration depth to
11 different levels to suit the individual texture of your skin.
You insert a new lancet drum with 6 sterile lancets into the finger pricker. You can obtain blood with a
sterile lancet 6 times before the lancet drum needs changing.
You can use the finger pricker either docked on to the meter or separately from the meter.
You can also use the finger pricker to obtain blood from other (alternative) sites. For this purpose, you
need a special AST cap, which enables you to obtain capillary blood from alternative sites.
If you would like to order an AST cap, contact the customer support and service centre (see page 134).
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• The Accu-Chek Mobile meter and Accu-Chek FastClix finger pricker are intended for patient
self-monitoring by an individual person only.
They must not be used to test blood glucose from more than one person as they do not incorporate
any features to guard against cross-infection. The meter and the finger pricker are not to be shared
between family members or used by healthcare professionals to obtain blood or test blood glucose
from more than one person. This meter and finger pricker are therefore not suitable for professional
use in healthcare facilities and institutions.
• Wear and tear of the materials can lead to malfunction of the device. In extreme cases a lancet can
protrude from the cap so that injury cannot be completely ruled out. You should therefore handle the
finger pricker with particular care once a lancet drum has been inserted.
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• Only use the Accu-Chek FastClix finger pricker with Accu-Chek FastClix lancet drums. Using any
other lancets or lancet drums may severely damage the finger pricker or impair its function.
• A used Accu-Chek FastClix lancet drum has a built-in locking mechanism. You cannot reinsert a
lancet drum that has already been removed. Used lancet drums must not be reused.
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