Testing Blood Glucose - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

Dropping the finger pricker with a lancet inserted may loosen the
lancet in its holder. In that case the lancet is no longer properly
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 finger pricker, please pick it up with care.
Remove the cap from the finger pricker. Take care to avoid the
lancet so as not to injure yourself. Always eject and dispose of
the lancet if the finger pricker has been dropped (see Chapter
4.2.4 "Ejecting the used lancet").
For blood collection, the cap must be on the finger pricker. With-
i
out this cap, the finger pricker can be neither primed nor trig-
gered. 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
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meter automatically advances a test strip.
The following messages appear in turn 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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