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Intended use
Intended use
The Accu‑Chek Active blood glucose meter
Meter for quantitative determination of blood glucose
values in fresh capillary blood using Accu-Chek
Active test strips.
Suitable for self-testing.
The meter may be used by patients who test their
own blood glucose as well as by healthcare profes-
sionals for monitoring patients’ blood glucose values.
Visually impaired persons must not use the meter.
Healthcare professionals must also read the
instructions in Chapter 10 “Testing blood
glucose in more than one patient – Informa-
tion for healthcare professionals”.
Any object coming into contact with human
blood is a potential source of infection (see:
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute:
Protection of Laboratory Workers from Occu-
pationally Acquired Infections; Approved
Guideline – Third Edition; CLSI document
M29-A3, 2005).