Table Of Contents - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................ 6
1.1 The Accu-Chek Compact Plus blood glucose meter
at a glance .......................................................................... 6
1.2 The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker at a glance ...... 10
1.3 Main features .................................................................... 12
1.4 About this Reference Manual ............................................ 15
2 Initial steps before testing
2.1 Checking the contents ...................................................... 18
2.2 Checking the blood glucose unit ........................................ 18
2.3 Inserting or replacing batteries .......................................... 19
2.4 Performing a full display check ......................................... 24
2.5 Inserting or replacing the test strip drum ........................... 26
3 Settings ..................................................................................... 37
3.1 Turning the beep tone on/off ............................................. 41
3.2 Setting the year ................................................................ 43
3.3 Setting the time/date format ............................................. 44
3.4 Setting the time ................................................................ 45
3.5 Setting the date ................................................................ 47
3.6 Setting the alarm clock function ........................................ 49
3.7 Setting the hypo indicator ................................................. 55
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4 Testing blood glucose
.............................................................. 58
4.1 Preparing the finger pricker .............................................. 58
4.1.1 Undocking the finger pricker from the meter ......... 60
4.1.2 Docking the finger pricker onto the meter ............. 61
4.1.3 Inserting the lancet ............................................... 62
4.2 Testing blood glucose ........................................................ 65
4.2.1 Obtaining blood ..................................................... 67
4.2.2 Applying blood to the test strip .............................. 71
4.2.3 Ejecting the test strip ............................................ 75
4.2.4 Ejecting the used lancet ........................................ 78
4.2.5 Flagging special results ......................................... 82
4.3 Evaluating results ............................................................. 83
4.3.1 Plausible results .................................................... 83
4.3.2 Implausible results - possible causes of error ....... 84
5 Using your meter as an electronic notebook
5.1 Memory ............................................................................ 86
5.2 Viewing test results ........................................................... 87
5.3 Averages, highest value and lowest value for 7, 14 and
30 days ............................................................................. 89
5.4 Downloading test results to a PC, handheld computer
or printer ........................................................................... 92
Contents
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