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About this Reference Manual
Please read this Reference Manual carefully and completely before
testing blood glucose for the first time. If you have any questions, please
contact your local customer support and service centre (see Chapter
17).
This Reference Manual will help you get to know your meter and finger
pricker step by step. It will provide you with all the information you need
to operate and care for your meter and finger pricker and to deal with
any errors that might occur. Remember that, in order to keep your meter
and finger pricker in good working condition, you need to follow the cor-
rect operating procedures and also observe certain other instructions.
The meter and finger pricker are precision instruments and improper
handling can impair their operation.
Should you have any questions, please call the Accu-Chek Customer
Careline free on 0800 701000 (UK) or 1800 709600 (Ireland).
This Reference Manual features three symbols to draw your attention to
important information. Please read these points with special care.
This symbol indicates a possible risk of injury or of damage to
your own health or to the health of others.
This symbol draws attention to actions that could result in dam-
age to meter or to the finger pricker.
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This symbol draws your attention to important information.
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Other symbols are used, too. They have the following meaning:
This symbol is a prompt for you to do something, such as turn the
meter on.
This symbol signifies a list.
This symbol signifies a list within a list.
We recommend that you start by getting to know all of the features of
your meter and finger pricker (see Chapter 1.1 and 1.2). Try out all of
the steps described in this manual, and also practise using the meter
and finger pricker.
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