Accu-Chek Mobile User Manual - page 202

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Cleaning the meter and lancing device

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11.2  Cleaning the lancing device

To ensure proper functioning of your lancing device 

and the used cap, you should clean them regularly and 

if there is any blood on them. If you want to clean the 

lancing device, first detach it from the meter (see 

Chapter “undocking and docking the lancing device”). 

Clean the outside of the lancing device only. Wipe it 

once a week with a cloth moistened with 70 % ethanol 

or 70 % isopropanol (available from your pharmacy).

Also clean the inside of the cap with a cotton swab 

moistened with one of the two cleaning fluids.

Allow the lancing device and cap time to dry thorough-

ly.

  Never dip the lancing device in the cleaning 

fluid. Doing so may damage its internal com

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ponents and stop it from working properly.

  Never dip the AST cap in the cleaning fluid. 

Cleaning fluid left in contact with the AST cap 

for too long can attack the material from which 

it is made, stopping it from functioning properly.

 use only 70 % ethanol or 70 % isopropanol to 

clean the lancing device or the AST cap. other 

cleaning agents may attack the plastic and stop 

them from operating properly.