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Contents
Chapter 1: Understanding Your New System ..............................................................6
Installing (or Changing) the Battery ..........................................................................8
Setting the Time and Date .......................................................................................9
Setting the Beeper..................................................................................................11
Setting the Hypoglycemic (Hypo) Indicator ..............................................................12
Coding the Meter ...................................................................................................13
Using Your Test Strips .............................................................................................14
Using Accu-Chek Comfort Curve Test Strips ..............................................15
Using Accu-Chek Advantage Test Strips ....................................................15
Chapter 2: Control Testing .........................................................................................16
Why Run Control Tests............................................................................................16
About the Control Solution ......................................................................................16
Running a Control Test ...........................................................................................17
Understanding Control Test Results ........................................................................19
Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar ........................................................................21
Preparing the Accu-Chek Softclix Lancet Device ....................................................21
Running a Blood Sugar Test ...................................................................................23
Flagging Test Results .............................................................................................25
Recording Your Results ...........................................................................................25
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