Performing A Blood Glucose Test - Accu-Chek Mobile User Manual

Testing blood glucose
3.2

Performing a blood glucose test

When you have inserted a lancet drum into the lancing
device and set the penetration depth, you can now
start to perform a blood glucose test.
There are two ways of starting a blood glucose test.
Y Y You can open the tip cover (with the meter on or off).
Y Y You can turn on the meter using the
and select Test in the Main menu. t
After performing the test, you can flag the result if the
test was performed under special conditions and you
want to record this.
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Before you start the test, wash your hands with
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warm water and soap and dry them well. This
helps remove any residues from the skin, e.g.
from food, drinks or skin cream, which can
disturb the test. This also stimulates blood flow
and reduces contamination of the puncture site.
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At a particular time, the meter prompts you to
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apply blood. You then have about 2 minutes to
obtain a blood drop and apply it to the test area.
If you do not apply blood to the test area within
this period, the meter turns off. The test area
that had been made available will be lost as the
meter will advance a new test area next time.
Y Y