Accu-Chek Accu-Chel User Manual page 16

New test strip drums where the aluminium foil (the silver ends) is
damaged cannot be used. Your blood glucose results may be
incorrect if you use a damaged drum. Incorrect results can cause
the wrong therapeutic decision to be taken and so produce
adverse health effects.
Only open the drum compartment cover when the meter is turned
off and the motor is not running. Opening the drum compartment
cover when the meter is turned on may result in damage to the
meter.
Handle the test strip drums with care! Only remove a test strip
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drum from its container when you intend to use it. The container
protects the aluminium foil on the drum from damage.
There is a label on every drum container. The left portion may be
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peeled off. On it is the concentration table for the Accu-Chek
Compact Autocontrol control solutions. The stated concentrations
are valid only for the test strips contained in this drum. You need
this table for the performance check of your meter (see Chap-
ter 7). You may, for instance, wish to stick the peel-off label in
your notebook or diary. When conducting a performance check,
always check that the peel-off label with the concentration table
belongs to the test strip drum that is currently in the meter.
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Initial steps before testing
If you insert a partly used drum in the meter, the meter rotates
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the drum so the dot appears in the control window on the back.
When you subsequently turn on the meter to perform a test
and ...
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... you have re-inserted a same drum you previously
removed:
The meter immediately rotates the drum to the first chamber
that contains a test strip, and ejects the strip.
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... you have used up the previous drum or have replaced one
partly used drum with another partly used one:
The meter may search all chambers until it finds the first one
that contains a test strip. The fewer test strips the drum con-
tains, the longer the process takes.
If the meter immediately rotates the drum to one of the
chambers near the end (you can tell by the noise of the motor
that rotates the drum), the drum may ultimately still contain
test strips even though the meter regards it as empty. You can
still use the test strips by inserting the drum again.
Initial steps before testing
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