Testing Blood Glucose - Accu-Chek Compact Plus User Manual

Dropping the lancing device with a lancet inserted may loosen
the lancet in its holder. In that case the lancet is no longer prop-
erly lodged and cannot be used to obtain blood.
In rare cases the lancet may even protrude from the cap. This
exposed lancet could cause injury. Therefore take great care not
to touch the front of the cap.
Should you drop the lancing device, please pick it up with care.
Remove the cap from the lancing device. Take care to avoid the
lancet so as not to injure yourself. Always eject and dispose of
the lancet if the lancing device has been dropped (see Chapter
4.2.4 "Ejecting the used lancet").
For blood collection, the lancing device cap must be on the lanc-
i
ing device. Without this cap, the lancing device can be neither
primed nor triggered. Instead, the lancet is ejected when you
press the plunger.
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Testing blood glucose

4.2 Testing blood glucose
Press the Test button to turn the meter on.
Shortly afterwards the meter automatically advances a test strip.
The following sequence of messages appears on the display.
Standard display test
The standard display test takes about two seconds.
Testing blood glucose
Test strip symbol and blood
drop symbol flash.
You may now apply blood to
the test strip.
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