Accu-Chek Compact Plus - Manual (Page 26)

Chapter 1: Understanding Your New Meter 24
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Notes:
• Any time you open and close the drum door, the test drum will rotate until the meter finds the next available
test strip.
• Only open the drum door when the meter is off. Opening the drum door when the meter is turned on may
damage the meter.
• Once you remove a test drum from its container and install it into your meter, you have 90 days or until the
“Use By” date printed on the container to use all the test strips. The meter automatically tracks this 90-day
period for you. If a test drum has been in the meter longer than 90 days, the test strip, drop, drum, bottle,
and clock symbols are displayed when you turn on the meter.
• The 90-day period automatically resets if the drum door is opened.
• If you do take out a partially used test drum and put it back in the meter, the drum will be displayed with
the bottle flashing. This means you should run a control test. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Control
Testing.”
• Keep the test drum container or the container label until you are finished with the test drum. You will need to
refer to the control ranges on the label when you run a control test.
• When a test drum is empty, the dot shows in the test strip count window on the back of the meter. “End”
and the test drum symbol flash on the display.