Accu-Chek Compact Plus Owner's Booklet page 30

NOTE
• When you install a new test drum, a dot appears in the test strip count window on the back of the
meter. This means the test drum is ready for a test. The meter counts down the remaining test strips
after each test. By looking at the test strip count window, you can see how many test strips you have
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left to use.
• When a test drum is empty, the dot shows in the test strip count window on the back of the meter.
"End" and the test drum symbol flash on the display.
• Be sure to check the "Use by" date on the drum container. Do not use the test drum after that date. If
the "Use by" date is missing or cannot be read, do not use the test drum and call the ACCU-CHEK
Customer Care Service Center at 1-800-858-8072.
• Any time you open and close the drum door, the test drum will rotate until the dot appears in the test
strip count window on the back of the meter. The next time the meter is turned on for a test, the test
drum will rotate until the meter finds the next available test strip.
• Only open the drum door when the meter is off. Opening the drum door when the meter is turned on
may damage the meter.
• Once you remove a test drum from its container and install it into your meter, you have 90 days or until
the "Use by" date printed on the container to use all the test strips. The meter automatically tracks this
90-day period for you. If a test drum has been in the meter longer than 90 days, the test strip, drop,
drum, bottle, and clock symbols are displayed when you turn on the meter. Discard the test drum.
• If you do take out a partially used test drum and put it back in the meter, the drum symbol will be
displayed with the bottle symbol flashing. This means you should run a control test. For more
information, see Chapter 2, "Control Testing." The meter cannot calculate the 90-day period for this
drum.
• Keep the test drum container or the container label until you are finished with the test drum. You will
need to refer to the control ranges on the label when you run a control test.