Testing Blood Glucose; Turning The Meter On - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

4.3

Testing blood glucose

4.3.1 Turning the meter on

Press the Test button to turn the meter on.
Following the display check (see Chapter 2.2.2) a test strip is automati-
cally advanced and the test strip symbol and drop symbol flash in the
display.
You now have about 5 minutes in which to draw up blood with the test
strip.
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Testing blood glucose
Notes
While the display test is running, you may press the Test button to
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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-
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bols are missing, please contact the Accu-Chek Customer Care-
line free on 0800 701000 (UK) or 1800 709600 (Ireland). If the
numeric field (mmol/L meter) or
affected, the meter may not show your test results correctly.
Testing blood glucose
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(mg/dL meter) is
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