Testing Blood Glucose; Preparing The Finger Pricker - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

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Testing blood glucose

The Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter may be used by people with diabe-
tes to test their own blood glucose as well as for blood glucose determi-
nation by healthcare practitioners in a professional setting.
Healthcare professionals must observe additionally the directions
in Chapter 8 "Blood glucose testing in a multi-patient setting".
Any object coming into contact with human blood is a potential
source of infection (see "Clinical and Laboratory Standards
Institute: Protection of Laboratory Workers from Occupationally
Acquired Infections; Approved Guideline – Third Edition; CLSI
document M29-A3, 2005").
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Preparing the finger pricker

The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker allows virtually pain-free col-
lection of blood from a fingertip or earlobe. You can choose one of 11
different penetration depth settings to suit your own skin type. You can
use the finger pricker either docked with the meter, or undocked.
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Testing blood glucose
The finger pricker has a plunger at the top (see illustration on page 11).
This plunger has three functions:
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priming the lancet
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triggering the lancet to collect blood
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ejecting the used lancet
You can perform all of these functions using just one hand. To activate a
function just press the plunger down.
The cap at the lower end of the finger pricker rotates. Use this "Comfort
Dial" to set the penetration depth.
The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker is intended for patient
self-monitoring by a single person. It must not be used on more
than one person due to the risk of infection.
Healthcare professionals testing blood glucose in a multi-patient setting
may wish to replace the finger pricker by a blanking plate (see Chapter
8.1 "Replacing the finger pricker with a blanking plate").
Only use Accu-Chek Softclix lancets in your Accu-Chek Softclix
Plus finger pricker. Using any other lancets may damage the
finger pricker or impair its function.
Testing blood glucose
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