Table Of Contents - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................ 12
1.1 The Accu-Chek Compact Plus blood glucose meter at
a glance .............................................................................. 12
1.2 The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker at a glance ........ 15
1.3 Main features ...................................................................... 16
1.4 Display illustrations ............................................................. 19
2 Initial steps before testing ......................................................... 20
2.1 Checking the contents ........................................................ 20
2.2 Checking the blood glucose unit .......................................... 20
2.2.1 Type plate ............................................................... 21
2.2.2 Display check .......................................................... 21
2.3 Inserting or replacing the test strip drum ............................. 24
2.3.1 Test strip drum use-by period .................................. 33
2.3.2 Indication of the number of test strips remaining ..... 36
3 Settings ...................................................................................... 38
3.1 Changing settings - General rules ....................................... 41
3.2 Turning the meter on ........................................................... 44
3.3 Setting the beep tone or Acoustic Mode .............................. 45
3.4 Setting the brightness of the display ................................... 48
3.5 Setting the year................................................................... 50
3.6 Setting the time/date format ............................................... 52
3.7 Setting the time .................................................................. 54
3.8 Setting the date .................................................................. 56
3.9 Setting the alarm clock function .......................................... 59
3.10 Setting the hypo indicator ................................................... 67
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4 Testing blood glucose
4.1 Preparing to test blood glucose ........................................... 70
4.2 Preparing the finger pricker................................................. 70
4.3 Testing blood glucose .......................................................... 78
4.4 Ejecting the test strip .......................................................... 90
4.5 Ejecting the used lancet ...................................................... 92
4.6 Symbols you see before, during or after testing and
4.7 Flagging special results....................................................... 96
4.8 Evaluating results................................................................ 97
5 Using the meter as an electronic notebook
5.1 Memory ............................................................................ 101
5.2 Retrieving results from memory ........................................ 102
5.3 Average, highest value and lowest value for 7, 14
5.4 Downloading test results to a PC, handheld computer
Contents Contents
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4.2.1 Undocking the finger pricker from the meter ........... 73
4.2.2 Docking the finger pricker onto the meter ............... 74
4.2.3 Inserting the lancet ................................................. 75
4.3.1 Turning the meter on ............................................... 78
4.3.2 Obtaining blood ....................................................... 80
4.3.3 Drawing up blood with the test strip ........................ 84
what they mean .................................................................. 95
4.8.1 Measuring range ..................................................... 98
4.8.2 Implausible results - possible causes of error ......... 99
and 30 days ...................................................................... 107
or a special evaluation system .......................................... 114
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