Testing Blood Glucose - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

10.2 Testing blood glucose

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 finger pricker that is approved for use by healthcare pro-
fessionals.
Use a finger pricker with adjustable penetration depth settings.
Select a penetration depth to suit the patient's skin type. Start with a
shallow depth setting.
Select a puncture site along the side of a fingertip.
Turn the finger so the chosen puncture site is facing upwards, and
keep it facing upwards. The drop of blood cannot then spread so
easily.
Prick the side of the fingertip.
Using gentle pressure, massage the finger towards the fingertip to
encourage a drop of blood to form. A proper but nevertheless small
drop of blood (approx. 1.5 μL) must form.
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Drop of blood approx. 1.5 μL
Hold the meter with the test strip pointing downwards (see illustra-
tion).
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
the drop of blood. The test strip draws up blood.
Move the test strip away from the drop of blood as soon as the
hourglass symbol is displayed and the meter beeps (only when
the beep tone is turned on). The test strip has then drawn up enough
blood, and test starts.
When the result is displayed, hold the meter upright over a waste
bin and press the Test button to turn it off. The used test strip drops
out.
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