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- Page 1 CCU- ® Compact Plus BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM User’s Manual...
- Page 2 On the packaging, on the type plate of the meter and on the lancing device you may encounter the following symbols shown below. They have the following meanings: Consult instructions for use The explanation of any other symbols can be found in the instructions/ inserts, accompanying components within the packaging.
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Page 3: Intended Use
Intended use Accu-Chek Compact Plus Blood Glucose Meter Accu-Chek Softclix Plus Lancing Device Meter for quantitative determination of blood glucose values in fresh Lancing device with adjustable depth setting for obtaining capillary capillary blood using Accu-Chek Compact test strips. blood from a fingertip or earlobe and, when a special AST cap is used, from alternate sites such as the ball of the thumb. - Page 4 About this User’s Manual Other symbols are used, too. They have the following meaning: This symbol is a prompt for you to do something, such as turn the Please read this User’s Manual carefully and completely before testing meter on. blood glucose for the first time.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction Testing blood glucose ................12 ..............70 1.1 The Accu-Chek Compact Plus blood glucose meter at 4.1 Preparing to test blood glucose ........... 70 a glance ................12 4.2 Preparing the lancing device ..........70 1.2 The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus lancing device at a glance ..15 4.2.1 Undocking the lancing device from the meter .. - Page 6 Acoustic Mode................120 11.3 Humidity ................166 6.1 Beep tones at power-on ............ 122 11.4 Local sources of interference ..........166 6.2 Beep tones during testing ..........123 12 Symbols, error messages and troubleshooting ...... 167 6.3 Announcement of the result following a test ...... 123 12.1 Symbols shown in the display ...........
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Page 7: Introduction
Introduction The meter is supplied with batteries already inserted. The time and date a Display window are already set. You may need to adjust these settings to your own time b S button zone (see Chapter 3). Press this button to change settings. c Recess for docking the lancing device The Accu-Chek Compact Plus blood glucose meter at a d Test button... -
Page 8: The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus Lancing Device At A Glance
Back The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus lancing device at a glance Battery compartment cover* Control window (shows the u Plunger z Pin-hole opening for lancet number of strips remaining) The plunger is a multifunction ... -
Page 9: Main Features
Main features Reliability The meter checks each test strip. If it finds a defective strip, it lets you Docked lancing device know before you apply blood. The meter comes with an attached Accu-Chek Softclix Plus lancing device. You can leave it docked onto the meter to collect blood or, if you Blood volume checking The meter can tell when you have applied sufficient blood (approxi- prefer, you can undock it. -
Page 10: Display Illustrations
Acoustic Mode Display illustrations Acoustic Mode is intended for persons who are visually impaired. When Throughout this User’s Manual you will see examples of what the dis- Acoustic Mode is turned on, the meter guides the user through the blood play looks like. -
Page 11: Initial Steps Before Testing
Blood glucose results can be displayed in two different units of mea- Press and hold down the M button. surement (mmol/L or mg/dL). Consequently, Roche sells two different The meter turns on. While you hold down the M button, you first see the versions of the same meter. - Page 12 Notes If you continue to hold down the M button, you then see the following display after approximately 2 seconds. If additional lines appear during the display test or parts of the mmol/L meter mg/dL meter numeric field or of a symbol are missing, please call Accu-Chek Customer Care at 1-800-363-7949.
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Page 13: Inserting Or Replacing The Test Strip Drum
Inserting or replacing the test strip drum Read the package insert that came with the test strip drums. If the meter is on, press the Test button to turn it off. Wait for the motor to stop. Set into the bottom of the meter to the left of the lancing device is a recess. - Page 14 The pin holding the test strip drum in position retracts with an audible CLICK. Insert a new test strip drum in the meter as illustrated (the two rows of bar code must be nearest the display window). Close the drum compartment cover and push it shut. There will be an audible CLICK.
- Page 15 A dot appears in the small control window on the back of the meter. This If you do not insert a new drum, the following message appears the next indicates that you have just inserted a test strip drum. When you per- time you turn on the meter: form a blood glucose test, the meter counts the number of test strips that you have used.
- Page 16 New test strip drums where the aluminium foil (the silver ends) is If you insert a partly used drum in the meter, the meter rotates damaged cannot be used. Your blood glucose results may be the drum so the dot appears in the control window on the back. incorrect if you use a damaged drum.
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Page 17: Test Strip Drum Use-By Period
If you insert a partly used test strip drum into the meter, the 2.3.1 Test strip drum use-by period meter cannot calculate the use-by period for that drum. Conse- When you insert a new drum into the meter, the meter starts to count quently, the next time you perform a test, the drum symbol and the number of days the drum is in the meter. - Page 18 The meter is unable to calculate the 90-day use-by period if Flashing test strip and flashing drop, indicating that you may now apply blood or control solution you insert a partly used drum in the meter, even if it is the same one you have just removed, Drum, indicating that the use-by period cannot be calculated the year, date and time settings are lost when you replace the bat-...
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Page 19: Indication Of The Number Of Test Strips Remaining
2.3.2 Indication of the number of test strips remaining If you have not performed a test since last replacing the drum, the meter cannot tell how many test strips there are left in the Each time you turn the meter off with the Test button, it shows you the drum. -
Page 20: Settings
Settings You can change the settings of your meter to turn the beep tone or When you turn the meter on for the first time, it has the following pre- Acoustic Mode on or off, to set the brightness of the display, to select settings. -
Page 21: Changing Settings - General Rules
time and date the meter is not able to calculate averages, nor the The descriptions of settings proceed in the order in which they appear in lowest and the highest values (see Chapter 5.3). Results sent to a the meter. PC, for instance, without the time and date (see Chapter 5.4) can- not be statistically analyzed or, if they can, then only to a limited Beep tone or... - Page 22 The procedure for changing the settings is as follows: From the last setting “Hypo indicator” pressing the S button takes you back to the first setting “Beep tone/Acoustic Mode”. The settings have a fixed sequence and are displayed consecutively, see illustration on the previous page. You can close the settings at any time by pressing the Test button.
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Page 23: Turning The Meter On
Turning the meter on Setting the beep tone or Acoustic Mode You are here Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date Year Acoustic Mode of the display format On / Off / Acoustic Low / Medium / High 24-hour / 12-hour Mode Alarm clock Time Date... - Page 24 There are two types of beep tone, differing in pitch. The pitch for a hypo Press the M button to move to the next option. indicator or an error message is higher than that heard in the other Press the S button to save the chosen setting. cases listed above.
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Page 25: Setting The Brightness Of The Display
Setting the brightness of the display Medium brightness (level You are here Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date Year Acoustic Mode of the display format On / Off / Acoustic Low / Medium / High 24-hour / 12-hour Mode Alarm clock Time Date Hypo indicator... -
Page 26: Setting The Year
Setting the year The time-and-date format setting comes next. You are here Notes Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date Year The year you have set is not displayed during testing, nor Acoustic Mode of the display format together with the result, nor when you look at saved results in On / Off / Acoustic Low / Medium / High 24-hour / 12-hour... -
Page 27: Setting The Time/Date Format
Setting the time/date format The time-and-date format that is currently set flashes in the display. If 12-hour format is the current setting, 12h will flash in the display. You are here If 24-hour format is the current setting, 24h will flash in the display. Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date... -
Page 28: Setting The Time
Setting the time 12-hour Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date Year format Acoustic Mode of the display format On / Off / Acoustic Low / Medium / High 24-hour / 12-hour Mode Press the M button repeatedly, or press and hold it down, until the Alarm clock required hour is displayed. -
Page 29: Setting The Date
The month flashes at top right of the display. Press the M button repeatedly, or press and hold it down, until the required minutes are displayed. Press the S button to save the chosen setting. 24-hour format The date setting comes next. (DD-MM) Setting the date Beep tone or... -
Page 30: Setting The Alarm Clock Function
The day flashes at top right of the display. Setting the alarm clock function Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date Year Acoustic Mode of the display format 24-hour format On / Off / Acoustic (DD-MM) Low / Medium / High 24-hour / 12-hour Mode Alarm clock Time... - Page 31 Two steps are involved in entering the setting. First you define whether If you have turned the alarm clock function on, the setting for the first the alarm clock function is basically to be turned on ( ) or off ( alarm time comes next.
- Page 32 Setting alarm times Press the M button repeatedly, or press and hold it down, until the required hour is displayed. The procedure for setting the alarm time is the same for each alarm. Press the S button to save the chosen setting. Alarm 1 is used below for illustrative purposes.
- Page 33 Notes The setting for Alarm 2 comes next, and then for Alarm 3. You do not have to set all three alarm times; you can set just one or two times. When you have set your alarm times and the hour for the next alarm flashes: Alarm 2 press the S button repeatedly until you reach the hypo indica-...
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Page 34: Setting The Hypo Indicator
3.10 Setting the hypo indicator The meter can only remind you to perform a blood glucose test when the year, time and date have been set in the meter. If you lose the year, time and date settings while replacing the batteries Beep tone or Brightness Time-and-date... - Page 35 You can choose between the following hypo indicator levels: Press the M button to move to the next option. 3.3 mmol/L When your chosen level is displayed, press the Test button to turn the meter off. The hypo indicator is then set to this level. 3.9 mmol/L 4.4 mmol/L Notes...
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Page 36: Testing Blood Glucose
Testing blood glucose Preparing to test blood glucose You can choose one of 11 different penetration depth settings to suit your own skin type. You can use the lancing device either docked with You will need the following items to carry out the test: the meter, or undocked. -
Page 37: Undocking The Lancing Device From The Meter
Notes 4.2.1 Undocking the lancing device from the meter The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus lancing device is intended only for If you wish to use the lancing device undocked from the meter, detach it patient self-monitoring by a single person. The lancing device as follows: must not be used on more than one patient due to the risk of infection. -
Page 38: Docking The Lancing Device Onto The Meter
4.2.2 Docking the lancing device onto the meter 4.2.3 Inserting the lancet Hold the meter so it is horizontal, with the recess for docking the Remove the cap from the lancing device. lancing device pointing upwards. Place the flat face of the lancing device on the lower end of the recess, with the plunger facing towards the slide button. - Page 39 Notes Dropping the lancing device with a lancet inserted may loosen the lancet in its holder. In that case the lancet is no longer prop- erly lodged and cannot be used to obtain blood. In rare cases the lancet may even protrude from the cap. In a case such as this you might injure yourself on the lancet.
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Page 40: Performing A Blood Glucose Test
Performing a blood glucose test Notes 4.3.1 Turning the meter on While the display test is running, you may press the Test button to turn the meter off again. If you do, a test strip is not advanced. If additional lines appear during the display test or parts of sym- bols are missing, please call Accu-Chek Customer Care at 1-800-363-7949. -
Page 41: Obtaining Blood
4.3.2 Obtaining blood All the fingertips and both the earlobes are suitable for obtaining blood. We recommend obtaining capillary blood from the side of the fingertip, as this causes the least amount of pain. You can choose the penetration depth from a possible 11 settings rang- ing from 0.5 to 5.5. - Page 42 Notes Use a new lancet each time you obtain blood. This not only reduces the risk of infection but also helps ensure virtually pain- free blood sampling. Do not prime the lancing device until you are ready to collect blood. Keeping the lancing device in this primed state can cause parts to become misshapen through tension, impairing its opera- tion.
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Page 43: Drawing Up Blood With The Test Strip
4.3.3 Drawing up blood with the test strip Wait until the test strip symbol and drop symbol flash in the display and the meter beeps (only when the beep tone is turned on). Immediately after the drop of blood has formed: Hold the tip of the test strip against the drop of blood so the black notch is touching Hold the meter so the test strip is pointing downwards (see illustra- the drop of blood. - Page 44 Notes The test strip has then drawn up enough blood, and test starts. The hourglass symbol indicates that the meter is busy performing a test. Do not touch the test strip unless you are drawing up blood with it. Residues (e.g. of food, drinks, or skin cream) on the skin can find their way onto the strip and may produce incorrect results.
- Page 45 Always hold the meter so the test strip is pointing downwards If the test does not start despite the fact that you have held the when you are drawing up blood with the test strip. If you hold it drop of blood against the test strip, the test strip drew up too little so the test strip is pointing upwards or sideways or you put the blood.
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Page 46: Ejecting The Test Strip
Ejecting the test strip Notes Hold the meter over a waste bin with the test strip pointing down- Always turn the meter off by pressing the Test button, so as to wards. eject the test strip. Do not pull the test strip out. If you do pull the used test strip out, blood can enter the meter and contaminate it. -
Page 47: Ejecting The Used Lancet
Ejecting the used lancet If the lancet does not drop out: Keep the plunger pressed down. Remove the cap from the lancing device. Hold the lancing device upright above a waste bin. Hook the edge of the white “collar” of the cap behind the platform of the lancet. -
Page 48: Symbols You See Before, During Or After Testing And What They Mean
Notes Symbols you see before, during or after testing and what they mean Make sure the lancet has dropped out. Inadvertently leaving the lancet in the lancing device may result in personal injury. You may see the following symbols displayed before, during or after a test. -
Page 49: Flagging Special Results
Instead of a result: If you press the S button again, the asterisk disappears again. The result is above 33.3 mmol/L The result is saved together with the asterisk as long as the asterisk is Instead of a result: displayed and you press the Test button to turn the meter off. The result is below 0.6 mmol/L Evaluating results Flagging special results... -
Page 50: Measuring Range
4.8.1 Measuring range 4.8.2 Implausible results – possible causes of error Your meter measures blood glucose within a defined range If your meter repeatedly displays implausible results or error messages, (0.6–33.3 mmol/L). please check the following points: Values below this range are displayed as: Did you perform the blood glucose test according to the User’s Manual (see Chapter 4.3)? Did you wash your hands with warm water and soap to... -
Page 51: Using The Meter As An Electronic Notebook
Using the meter as an electronic notebook Memory Did you perform the test within the correct temperature range (+10 °C to +40 °C)? Your meter has a 500-value memory for saving results together with the time and date (only when you have set the time and date). You do not Has the test strips’... -
Page 52: Retrieving Results From Memory
Retrieving results from memory Retrieving older results from memory: Press the M button once to move towards the next older result saved. With the M button you can move back until you reach the oldest result With the meter turned off, press the M button. (max. - Page 53 By pressing the S button you can scroll back to the most recent result. You can exit memory at any time: Memory location 1 To do this, press the Test button. Most recent result saved The meter turns off. Memory location 2 Notes Always turn the meter on with the M button if you intend to Memory location 3...
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Page 54: Average, Highest Value And Lowest Value For
Average, highest value and lowest value for 7, 14 and 30 If the time and date were not set at the time of testing, then the days memory location number is displayed instead of the time and date. The meter can display the average values of results from the last 7, 14 or 30 days. - Page 55 Press the M and S buttons at the same time. For each of these three periods you can ask the meter to display the lowest and the highest values. The average of the results from the last 7 days is displayed. Lowest value Average Highest value...
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Page 56: And 30 Days
When you release the button, the display reverts to the average. You can exit from the average value display at any time: To do this, press the Test button. Memory location 1 The meter turns off. Most recent result saved Notes 7-day period Results flagged as performance checks with the bottle symbol... - Page 57 If a large number of results were saved within one period, calcu- If the memory contains both results that were saved together lation of the average may take a while. flashes in the display with the time and date and results that were saved without this while the calculation is in progress.
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Page 58: Downloading Test Results To A Pc, Handheld Computer Or A Special Evaluation System
PC, handheld computer (PDA), or special evaluation systems. Roche Diagnostics offers a variety of special hardware and software that extend the integrated notebook functions of your meter. These products enable you and your doctor to manage your data more effec- tively and, through their graph and table views, make it easier for you to understand your results. - Page 59 Position the meter 5-20 cm away from the infrared window of the receiving end. Point the two infrared windows towards one another. If necessary, start the results download at the receiving end (soft- ware product or hardware). During the download both arrows flashed alternately. During the down- load only those results that are new to the receiving end, i.e.
- Page 60 If you already have a hardware or software product from Roche cally after approximately 5 minutes. Diagnostics to enable you to transfer and evaluate results, it may...
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Page 61: Acoustic Mode
Acoustic Mode Acoustic Mode is intended for persons who are visually impaired. When There are two types of beep tone, differing in pitch. Warnings have a — Acoustic Mode is turned on, the meter guides you through the blood higher tone (Tone 2, represented below as ) than the other beep tones (Tone 1, represented below as —... -
Page 62: Beep Tones At Power-On
Beep tones at power-on Beep tones during testing When Acoustic Mode is set to on, you hear a long beep ( — ) when you Following the power-on beep and the 1 – 2 – 3 sequence of beeps, you turn on the meter. - Page 63 mg/dL meters Each digit is represented by the corresponding number of beeps; e.g. 4 beeps for the number 4 ( – – – – ). Zero is represented by a long beep First the hundreds are announced, then the tens, and finally the units. ( —...
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Page 64: Announcement Of Results And Average Values From Memory
Note Notes Information or warnings in the form of symbols (e.g. drum symbol If the 7-day average cannot be calculated, three horizontal bars symbol, see Chapter 12.1) that are displayed together are displayed. This is signalled acoustically with 3 long beeps representing 3 zeroes ( —... -
Page 65: Announcement Of Warnings And Error Messages
Checking your meter Announcement of warnings and error messages To ensure your results are always dependable, you should periodically check the performance of your meter. When the batteries will soon be exhausted or the last test strip in a drum has been used, the meter issues an acoustic warning. This con- Do this by performing a performance check using the Accu-Chek Com- sists of two short beeps sounded three times in succession pact Autocontrol control solutions, each time... -
Page 66: What You Need
What you need Performing a performance check To perform a performance check you need the following items: Read the package insert that came with the control solutions. meter with a test strip drum inserted Accu-Chek Compact Autocontrol G1 control solution (low glucose concentration) or Autocontrol G2 control solution (high glucose con- centration) Concentration table for the control solutions (see label on the con-... - Page 67 You now have about 5 minutes in which to draw up control solution with the test strip. Take a bottle of control solution. Open it and wipe the tip of the dropper with a clean, dry paper towel in order to remove any dried-on residues. Invert the vial and hold it downwards at an angle.
- Page 68 The test strip draws up the control solution through the black notch. Immediately after the result is displayed: Move the test strip away from the control solution as soon as the Compare the result with the concentration table printed on the peel- hourglass symbol is displayed and the meter beeps (provided the off label attached to the drum container.
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Page 69: Possible Causes Of Error During The Performance Of Performance Checks
Subsequently hold the meter directly above a waste bin with the test You can dispose of empty or only partly used bottles of control strip pointing downwards. solution together with your regular household waste. Press the Test button to turn the meter off. Please refer also to the notes in Chapters 4.3 and 4.4. - Page 70 If you give the responses as specified to all these questions and the Did you bend or move the test strip while the test was in results are still outside the stated concentration range, please call your progress? local customer support and service centre. Did you compare the result with the concentration data spe- If your meter has been dropped, that can also lead to implausible results cifically relating to the control solution you used?
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Page 71: Cleaning The Meter And Lancing Device
Cleaning the meter and lancing device Cleaning the meter Do this as follows: If the meter is on, press the Test button to turn it off. Your meter uses an optical measuring method that relies heavily on all of its components being clean. Owing to the way the test strip works, Wait for the motor to stop. - Page 72 Notes Use only cold water or 70 % ethanol to clean the meter. Any other cleaning agents may damage the meter or impair its measuring 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 the cleaning liquid.
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Page 73: Cleaning The Lancing Device
Changing the batteries Cleaning the lancing device When the battery symbol first appears in the display, the batteries are running low. With these batteries you can perform about 50 more tests. Clean your lancing device regularly to keep it in good working condition. However, we recommend that you replace the batteries as soon as pos- If any blood gets on it, always wipe this away immediately. - Page 74 Notes A fresh pair of batteries has enough power either for about 1000 tests or for one year’s worth of tests. If you have changed the brightness of the display to level 3 (high) or set Acoustic Mode to on, the battery life will be shorter. When you replace the batteries, your results always remain saved.
- Page 75 the test results saved in memory will be numbered consecutively Never throw batteries into a fire. This is dangerous because they so you can still recognize the order in which they were saved may explode. (see Chapter 5.2). Remove the batteries if you will not be using your meter for any If the year, time and date have been lost, the meter rotates the length of time.
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Page 76: Blood Glucose Testing In A Multi-Patient Setting - Information For Healthcare Professionals
Blood glucose testing in a multi-patient setting – Information for healthcare professionals Any patient with an infection or suffering from an infectious Only professionals working in doctors’ practices, hospitals and diabetes training centres as well as in-patient and ambulent nursing staff are disease and any patient who is a carrier of a multiresistant allowed to perform blood glucose tests on more than one patient using organism must be assigned his/her own meter. -
Page 77: Replacing The Lancing Device With A Blanking Plate
10.1 Replacing the lancing device with a blanking plate Instead of the lancing device you can use a blanking plate which is available from Accu-Chek Customer Care at 1-800-363-7949. Undock the lancing device from the meter as follows. Push the slide button in the direction indicated by the arrow (1) and hold it there. -
Page 78: Performing A Blood Glucose Test
10.2 Performing a blood glucose test Correct Wear protective gloves. Wash or disinfect the patient’s finger and allow it to dry thoroughly. The drop of blood does not spread so easily over dry skin. Use only a lancing device that is approved for use by healthcare professionals. - Page 79 Notes Residues of water or disinfectant on the skin can dilute the drop of blood and so produce false results. Always hold the meter so the test strip is pointing downwards when you are drawing up blood with the test strip. If you hold it Always turn the meter off by pressing the Test button, so as to so the test strip is pointing upwards or sideways or you lay the eject the test strip.
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Page 80: Disinfecting The Meter
10.3 Disinfecting the meter Place your thumb into his recess below the drum compartment cover and fold the drum compartment cover upwards. The Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter may be disinfected. Disinfection is performed according to the degree of soiling (see “When to disinfect”). Once you have opened the drum compartment cover, you will see beneath it the small measuring window a and have access to the What to disinfect... - Page 81 When to disinfect Cotton buds, wipes and cloths lightly moistened with disinfectant are all suitable for disinfecting the meter. Each time after you have tested a patient’s blood glucose: Allow areas you have wiped time to dry thoroughly. wipe the area around the test strip guide. Remove any fluff or lint that may remain.
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Page 82: Suitable Disinfectants
Measurement and storage conditions 10.4 Suitable disinfectants The reliability of your meter and lancing device as well as the accuracy of your results is influenced by a number of factors. Pay close attention Use only disinfectants of proven effectiveness quoted in official guide- to the following points. -
Page 83: Light Conditions
Blood glucose tests may be performed at the limit of the permitted Never try to speed up warming or cooling of your meter, e.g. by range (between +6 °C and +10 °C or between +40 °C and +44 °C). placing it on a radiator or in a refrigerator. Doing so can damage When the temperature is at the limit of the permitted range, the the meter and cause it to give incorrect results. -
Page 84: Humidity
Symbols, error messages and troubleshooting 11.3 Humidity In addition to test results, the time and the date, your meter also dis- plays other symbols and error messages. Some of these routine display Only test blood glucose at a relative humidity of between 20 % and messages have already been explained in earlier chapters. -
Page 85: Symbols Shown In The Display
12.1 Symbols shown in the display Symbols may be displayed singly or several at once. When several sym- bols are displayed, each symbol can have its own meaning. Alterna- tively, the combination of symbols may mean something. In the following example you see a display with several symbols. This display appears when you have turned on the meter to perform a blood glucose test. -
Page 86: Single Symbols
Symbol Meaning In the tables presented below you will first see the meanings of symbols that appear singly or have the same meaning when they appear In memory: at the time of testing the tem- together with other symbols. These are followed by the meanings of perature was outside the permitted range. - Page 87 Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning See under Combinations of symbols Only in a new meter that has not yet been used to perform tests: There is no test strip drum in the meter or the mock drum has been left inserted. Insert a new test The unit your meter uses to display the strip drum (see Chapter 2.3).
- Page 88 Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning You are in the settings. You are in memory. Either the saved result or one of the averages, highest or lowest Flag for a special result, e.g. obtained results is being displayed. from alternate site testing. During averaging, when the calculation is You have turned on at least one alarm or taking a while.
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Page 89: Combinations Of Symbols
Symbols Meaning 12.1.2 Combinations of symbols In memory: The test strip you used for this The following combinations of symbols have meanings of their own. test was unusable (the 90-day use-by period had expired, see Chapter 2.3.1). Symbols Meaning The result in memory may be 4 + 6 + 7 The 90-day use-by period for the test strip... -
Page 90: Symbols Appearing In The Numeric Field
Symbols Meaning 12.1.3 Symbols appearing in the numeric field because you have just inserted a In the numeric field: 88. 8 (mmol/L meter) or (mg/dL meter) the partly used test strip drum, following symbols may appear: because you have just opened the Symbol Meaning drum compartment cover. -
Page 91: Interferences And Error Messages - Causes And Troubleshooting Recommendations
Symbol Meaning 12.2 Interferences and error messages – causes and trouble- shooting recommendations the date that it is set is in the past, If you receive frequent error messages, please call Accu-Chek Customer you changed the time and date, Care at 1-800-363-7949. - Page 92 If this happens … it means: If this happens … it means: The drum compartment cover is not The meter is turned on, The display is defective. properly closed. but the display is blank. Please call Accu-Chek Customer Care at Close the drum compartment cover.
- Page 93 Error message Meaning Error message Meaning The year, time and date have not been Perform a performance check. You set. may use up all the test strips remain- ing in the drum. The 90-day use-by Set these as described in Chapter 3. period will no longer be calculated for The test strip drum in the meter is empty.
- Page 94 Error message Meaning Error message Meaning The meter rotates the drum and reads The measuring window is dirty. the bar code. When you next turn on Press the Test button to turn the meter the meter to perform a test, the drum off.
- Page 95 Error message Meaning Error message Meaning You drew up blood or control solution The test strip that was advanced is too soon with the test strip, i.e. before defective. the test strip symbol and drop symbol Hold the meter upright so the test strip were flashing in the display.
- Page 96 Error message Meaning Error message Meaning The batteries (regular or rechargeable) Turn the meter off and then on again are empty or a meter error has by pressing the Test button. Repeat occurred. the test with a new test strip. Turn the meter off and then on again You drew up blood or control solution by pressing the Test button.
- Page 97 Error message Meaning Error message Meaning The test strip is stuck or the test strip The meter has been exposed to severe drum does not rotate. differences in temperature. Press the Test button to turn the meter off. The ambient temperature or the tem- Open the drum compartment cover and (if perature within the meter is too low applicable) pull out the test strip.
- Page 98 Error message Meaning Error message Meaning There is no test strip drum in the In memory: the result in memory cannot meter. be displayed. Press the Test button to turn the meter All other results in memory can continue off. Insert a new test strip drum (see to be retrieved with the M or S button.
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Page 99: Technical Data
Technical data Meter type Measuring time Accu-Chek Compact Plus (Model GT) approx. 5 seconds (depending on concentra- tion) Catalogue No./Serial No. See type plate on the back of the meter System operating Test principle Determination of glucose in fresh capillary temperature +10 °C to +40 °C blood by reflectance photometry. - Page 100 Weight approx. 147 g with lancing device, batteries In addition it meets the electromagnetic and test strip drum emissions requirements according to EN 61326. Its electromagnetic emission is thus Display window OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display low. Interference from other electrically pow- Automatic power-off after 60 seconds or 5 minutes depending on ered equipment is not to be anticipated.
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Page 101: Alternate Site Testing
Alternate sites testing Capillary blood for blood glucose testing can be obtained, not only from Before using the AST cap, please carefully read the instructions for use of the Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter and the package the fingertips, but also from other sites (the palm, the forearm, the upper insert of the Accu-Chek Compact test strip drums. -
Page 102: Choosing The Right Moment
14.1 Choosing the right moment Alternate Sites for Testing Before you test with blood collected from the forearm, the upper arm, the calf or the thigh, be aware of the following limitations: Capillary blood in the fingertip and the palm responds more quickly to changes in blood glucose levels than blood in the forearm, the upper arm, the calf and the thigh. -
Page 103: Obtaining Blood And Testing Blood Glucose
14. 2 Obtaining blood and testing blood glucose 5. Choose a fleshy area of the alternate site for blood collection and wash it with warm, soapy water. This ensures that the puncture site is 1. Remove the coloured cap from the lancing clean. -
Page 104: Cleaning The Ast Cap
11. Wait until the test strip symbol and drop symbol flash in the display. 17. Place the coloured cap back on the lancing device. 12. Hold the meter so the test strip is pointing downwards. 14. 3 Cleaning the AST cap 13. -
Page 105: Disposing Of The Meter
Disposing of the meter System components During blood glucose testing the meter itself may come into contact Use only Accu-Chek Compact test strips for testing with the Accu-Chek with blood. Used meters therefore carry a risk of infection. Please dis- Compact Plus meter. -
Page 106: Patents
Accu-Chek Customer Care. Refer to Chapter 18.2 “Adresses” for details. Patent information Roche has been granted patent protection in the USA for the Accu-Chek Repair service Softclix Plus lancing device and its use in combination with Accu-Chek... -
Page 107: Alphabetical Index
Acoustic Mode 120 setting 45 Beep tone Made in Ireland for export to: alarm clock function 59 Alarm clock function Roche Diagnostics announcement of results beep tone 59 using ~ 123, 126 201 Boul. Armand-Frappier setting alarms 59 during testing 45, 123... - Page 108 Checking, meter 129 symbols in the ~ 168 Lancing device at a glance 15 Cleaning Display check 21, 44, 78, 102 Flagging, result 96 cleaning 144 AST cap 207 Disposal docking 74 lancing device 144 batteries 149 obtaining blood using the ~ meter 140 control solution 137 HI (symbol) 98, 180...
- Page 109 Memory 101, 197 Penetration depth setting 15 date 56 window 15, 80 factory defaults 39 Memory location number 101, Technical data 196 following battery replacement Plunger, lancing device 15, 71 Temperature 163, 197 39, 40, 147 Memory, results 101 Problems 181 Test button 12 hypo indicator 67 Meter...
- Page 110 Troubleshooting 181 Turning off, meter after testing 90 automatic ~ 23, 43, 88, 91, 106, 117, 198 closing settings 43 exiting memory 105 Turning on, meter retrieving results 102 settings 42, 44 testing 78 Type plate 14 Unit of measurement (mmol/L and mg/dL) 20 Use-by date control solution 138...
- Page 111 0088 ACCU-CHEK, SOFTCLIX and SAFE-T-PRO are trademarks of Roche. Made in Ireland for export to: Roche Diagnostics 201 Boul. Armand-Frappier Laval, Québec CANADA, H7V 4A2 Accu-Chek Customer Care: Montreal area: (450) 686-7100 Outside Montreal (toll free): 1-800-363-7949 www.accu-chek.ca Roche Diagnostics GmbH 68298 Mannheim, Germany www.accu-chek.com...