Inserting Or Replacing The Test Strip Drum - Accu-Chek Compact User Manual

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Inserting or replacing the test strip drum

Handle the test strip drums with extreme care! If the alu-
minium foil (the silver ends) on a new test strip drum has
been damaged, do not use it. If you do, your blood glu-
cose test results may be incorrect.
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Once you remove a drum from its container,
you have 90 days to use up all the test strips.
The monitor counts the number of days
remaining. Do not open the drum compart-
ment until all of the strips have been used.
Whenever the drum compartment is opened
and closed, or when the batteries are
replaced, the monitor thinks a new drum has
been inserted, and resets the 90-day count-
down.
If an open test strip drum is removed from the
monitor and reinstalled, the 90-day "use-by"
period displayed on the monitor ceases to
have any significance. The message "CTRL"
flashes in the display indicating that a quality
control test should be performed. Perform a
quality control test (as described in Chapter
7.1) to ensure that the strips are still usable.
The display indicating the 90-day "use-by"
period (flashing drum symbol and date) is
still invalid, however.
If you use expired test strips, you may obtain
incorrect blood glucose test results.
Warning
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