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ACCU-CHEK
®
 Replacing the test strip drum
Compact Plus
BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM
Quick Reference Guide
 Preparing the finger pricker
 Testing blood glucose
This Quick Reference Guide does not replace the
comprehensive Reference Manual for your
Accu‑Chek Compact Plus blood glucose meter.
Please be sure to read the safety notices contained
in the Reference Manual.
ACCU-CHEK and SOFTCLIX
are trademarks of Roche.
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
D-68298 Mannheim, Germany
www.accu-chek.com
0 5049890001(02) 2008-08
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Overview of the meter
a Display window
b S button: Change settings
l
a
c Recess for docking the lancing device
b
d Test button: Test blood glucose, turn off
k
c
d
e
j
i
h
g
Settings
Overview of the lancing device
f
e Drum compartment
S button
Turn on, save, go to next setting
D
C
u
B
A
v
f Drum release button
g Test strip guide
h Measuring window
w
z
x
y
i Test strip
k Drum compartment cover
l M button: Retrieve stored results
 Battery compartment cover





 Infrared window for downloading results to a PC,
for instance
 Batteries: type AAA, LR 03, AM 4, Micro
 Battery compartment
 Type plate



 Control window (shows the number of strips
remaining)
u Plunger: Prime, trigger and eject lancets
v Window showing the penetration depth setting
w Lancet holder
x Lancet
y Protective cap on lancet
z Pin-hole opening for lancet
A Cap
B Dial for depth selection (you change the depth by
rotating the cap)
C Locating notch
D Locating line
2
12
11
10
 9
3
4
5
7 6
14
On / Off / Acoustic Mode
Low / Medium / High
Time
Date
Alarm clock function
Hypo indicator
Hours, Minutes
Month, Day
Off / 1, 2 and 3 (hour, min)
Off / Level
Year
Time-and-date format
24-hour / 12-hour
The Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker is intended for patient self-monitoring by a single person.
It must not be used to collect blood in a multi-patient setting as it does not incorporate any
­features to guard against cross-infection.
 Button for undocking the lancing device
1 Flashing: prompt to draw up blood or control
solution with the test strip
13 Measurement in progress
E-2 Drum bar code lost or damaged
14 When an average is displayed: number of days
covered
E-3 Drum does not rotate or drum bar code
damaged
4 Flashing: 90-day use-by period for the test strip
drum has expired.
15 Memory: either the saved result or one of the
averages, highest or lowest results is being displayed
5 Unit of measurement for BG result
16 Follows time in 12-hour format
6 Meter unable to calculate use-by period for the
test strip drum or 90-day use-by period expired
17 When an average is displayed: number of results
included
E-5 Measuring window dirty, blood drawn up too
soon with the test strip, test strip drew up too
little blood, test strip pulled out, test strip
remains in the meter, test strip defective,
condensation in the meter
7 Flag indicating performance check
Flashing: prompt to perform a performance check
18 Messages in the numeric field
2 Temperature outside the permitted range
3 Batteries are becoming weaker
8 Hypo indicator setting
Flashing: result below indicator level
Memory: no results in memory or
averaging not possible
9 Meter in settings
18
Result greater than 33.3 mmol/L (greater
than 600 mg/dL)
10 Flag indicating special result
11 Alarm clock setting
Flashing: optical signal during alarm call
15
Brightness of the
display
Overview of error messages
1
13
Beep tone or Acoustic
Mode
 Finger pricker
Overview of display symbols
17
16
Test button
Turn off
j Test strip drum
Tip of the test strip – where
blood is drawn up
8
M button
Change numeric values, select next option
5
12 Setting for beep tone and Acoustic Mode
Beep tone or Acoustic Mode set to on
Result less than 0.6 mmol/L (less than
10 mg/dL)
Results download
E-7 Batteries empty, meter error, strong electromagnetic field, test strip bent/moved, blood
drawn up too early with the test strip
E12 Test strip pulled out during measurement
E13 Test strip is stuck or drum does not rotate
E20 Temperature too high or too low to test or
severe differences in temperature
E21 Test strip drew up too little blood
E22 No drum in the meter, drum from different
monitoring system is inserted or drum bar
code is damaged
E23 Result in memory cannot be displayed
EEE Meter error
End Drum is empty