Accu-Chek Compact Plus User Manual page 4

About this User's Manual
Please read this User's Manual carefully and completely before testing
blood glucose for the first time. If you have any questions, please call
Accu-Chek Customer Care at 1-800-363-7949 (see Chapter 17).
This User's Manual will help you get to know your meter and lancing
device step by step. It will provide you with all the information you need
to operate and care for your meter and lancing device and to deal with
any errors that might occur. Remember that, in order to keep your meter
and lancing device in good working condition, you need to follow the
correct operating procedures and also observe certain other instruc-
tions. The meter and lancing device are precision instruments and
improper handling can impair their operation.
This User's 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 lancing device.
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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 lancing device (see Chapter 1.1 and 1.2). Try out all of
the steps described in this manual, and also practice using the meter
and lancing device.
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