Performing A Blood Glucose Test; Turning The Meter On - Accu-Chek Compact Plus User Manual

4.3

Performing a blood glucose test

4.3.1 Turning the meter on

Press the Test button to turn the meter on.
Following the display check (see Chapter 2.2.2) a test strip is automati-
cally advanced and the test strip symbol and drop symbol flash in the
display.
You now have about 5 minutes in which to draw up blood with the test
strip.
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Testing blood glucose
Notes
While the display test is running, you may press the Test button to
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turn the meter off again. If you do, a test strip is not advanced.
If additional lines appear during the display test or parts of sym-
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bols are missing, please call Accu-Chek Customer Care at
1-800-363-7949. If the numeric field
(mg/dL meter) is affected, the meter may not show your
test results correctly.
Testing blood glucose
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(mmol/L meter) or
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