Accu-Chek Mobile User Manual - page 64

Testing blood glucose

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3.2  Performing a blood glucose test

When you have inserted a lancet drum into the 

fi

nger 

pricker and set the penetration depth, you can now 

start to perform a blood glucose test.

There are two ways of starting a blood glucose test.

You can open the tip cover (with the meter on or off).

You can turn on the meter using the 

 button 

and select 

Test

 in the Main menu.

After performing the test, you can 

fl

ag the result if the 

test was performed under special conditions and you 

want to record this.

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  Before you start the test, wash your hands with 

warm water and soap and dry them well. This 

helps remove any residues from the skin, e.g. 

from food, drinks or skin cream, which can 

disturb the test. This also stimulates blood 

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ow 

and reduces contamination of the puncture site. 

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  At a particular time, the meter prompts you to 

apply blood. You then have about 2 minutes to 

obtain a blood drop and apply it to the test area. 

If you do not apply blood to the test area within 

this period, the meter turns off. The test area 

that had been made available will be lost as the 

meter will advance a new test area next time.