Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual page 45

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
so the test strip is pointing upwards or sideways or you put the
meter down on a surface with the test strip still in it, blood can
enter the meter and contaminate it.
As soon as the test strip symbol and drop symbol flash in the dis-
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play, you have approx. 5 minutes to draw up blood with the test
strip. If you have not drawn up blood within this time, i.e. testing
has not started, the meter turns off automatically. In this case,
press the Test button so as to eject the test strip (see Chapter
4.4), and dispose of the test strip. Start the blood glucose test
again with a new test strip.
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Testing blood glucose
If the test does not start despite the fact that you have held the
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drop of blood against the test strip, the test strip drew up too little
blood. In this case you can, within a certain period, draw up more
blood with the test strip (see the package insert that came with
the test strip drums).
If the meter beeps not once but several times when displaying
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the result, either the hypo indicator is turned on and the result is
below the limit (see Chapter 3.10) or Acoustic Mode is turned on
(see Chapters 3.3 and 6).
Testing blood glucose
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