Preparing To Perform A Test - cobas Accutrend Plus Instrucciones De Uso

When performing several measurements on the same patient, apply blood outside the
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meter (see page 48).
Dispose of used lancets, capillary pipettes, and test strips in line with the disposal policy
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of your hospital, institute or medical practice.
Follow all other locally applicable health and safety regulations.
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Preparing to perform a test

WARNING
Damage to strips by environmental influences
Environmental factors (e.g. humidity and light) may damage the test
strips and lead to incorrect results or error messages. Do not remove the
test strips from the packaging until immediately before performing a test.
1 Get the test strip container for the
required test (e.g. triglycerides).
2 Check the expiration date of the test strip.
Always use test strips before their expira-
tion date has passed.
3 Code the meter with the code strip
belonging to these test strips (unless the
meter has already been coded with this
code strip).
Performing a Test
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