Accu-Chek Performa Owner's Booklet page 23

You need the meter, a test strip, a lancing device designed for AST, and a lancet.
1. Prepare the lancing device.
2. Check the use by date on the
test strip container. Do not
use test strips past the use
by date.
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3. Insert the test strip into the
meter in the direction of the
arrows.
The meter turns on. A test
strip symbol and a flashing
blood drop symbol appear on
the display.
4. Press the lancing device firmly
against a fleshy area on the
alternative site. Press the
lancing device up and down
in a slow pumping motion to
assist the flow of blood.
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