Ejecting The Test Strip - Accu-Chek Compact Plus User Manual

Press the Test button to turn the meter off and allow the test strip to
drop out. Repeat the blood glucose test with a new test strip.

4.2.3 Ejecting the test strip

Hold the meter over a waste bin with the test strip pointing down-
wards.
Press the Test button to turn the meter off.
The used test strip drops out.
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If you do not turn the meter off, it turns off automatically after ap-
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proximately 60 seconds. The test strip then remains in the meter.
When you turn on a meter which still has a test strip inserted, it
simply ejects the strip and turns itself off again.
You can dispose of used test strip drums with your regular
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household waste.
Always let the meter eject the test strip.
If you pull out the used test strip, blood can enter the meter and
contaminate it.
Do not push an ejected test strip back into the test strip drum.
This includes any unused test strip that you have ejected by
accident. These test strips can produce incorrect results. Incor-
rect results can cause the wrong therapeutic decision to be taken
and so produce adverse health effects.
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