Accu-Chek Compact, Owner'S Booklet

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Chapter 1: Your New Meter
Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar
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Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar ACCU-CHEK Customer Care Service Center 1-800-858-8072
Alternative site testing may be performed:
• Immediately before a meal
• When you are in a fasting state
• Near bedtime
Alternative site testing should NOT be performed:
• After a meal (two hours or less)
• After exercise
• During sickness
• When you think your blood sugar is very low
(hypoglycemic)
• If you often don’t notice when you are
hypoglycemic
• When basal insulin is most active
• After injecting rapid-acting insulin
(two hours or less)
• NEVER ignore symptoms that may be due to low or high blood sugar.
• If your blood sugar result does not match how you feel, do a fingertip test to confirm your result.
If the fingertip result still does not match how you feel, call your doctor.
• Do not change your treatment based on just one result.
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