Cleaning Your Accu-Chek Compact Plus System; Cleaning The Meter - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

 Is the control solution beyond its expiry date (see label on the
bottle)?
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Has the control solution been open for more than three months?
Once opened, control solutions are stable for three months. They
must not be used after this period.
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Did you use the correct quality control solution (Accu-Chek Compact
Control or Accu-Chek Compact Autocontrol)?
If you have checked these points and the results are still outside the
stated concentration range, please call the Accu-Chek Customer
Careline (see Chapter 16 "Local customer support and service").
Quality control results flagged with a bottle symbol are not in-
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cluded in statistical calculations.
In order for the meter to recognize the Accu-Chek Compact Auto-
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control solutions automatically as control solutions and to enable
it to distinguish them from blood, the control solutions contain a
dark dye. This is not poisonous. Avoid getting the control solution
on the table or on your clothing. The dye is water-soluble. If you
do happen to spill some, you can wipe or rinse the dye away im-
mediately with warm water.
You can dispose of empty or only partly used bottles of control
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solution with your regular household waste.
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The meter uses an optical measuring method that relies heavily on all of
its components being clean. Because of the way the test strip works, the
meter does not normally come into direct contact with blood. Regular
cleaning is therefore largely unnecessary. In the rare event of the meter
becoming soiled through improper use, cleaning it may become neces-
sary (see message E-5 on page 151).
If the outside of your meter or the display are dirty, wipe them with a
lightly moistened cloth.
Checking your meter

Cleaning your Accu-Chek Compact Plus system

Cleaning your Accu-Chek Compact Plus system

Cleaning the meter

Healthcare professionals testing blood glucose in a multi-patient
setting must observe additionally the directions on cleaning and
disinfection given in Chapters 8.3 and 8.4.
For cleaning use only cold water or 70% alcohol (ethanol). Any
other cleaning agents may damage the meter or impair its mea-
suring function.
Use a lightly moistened cloth or a lightly moistened cotton swab.
Do not spray anything onto the meter and do not immerse it in
water or alcohol. Doing so may damage internal parts, so affect-
ing its operation.
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