1. Wear protective gloves.
4. Lance the side of the fingertip with the
single-use lancing device approved for
professional use.
7. After a successful test, the meter turns off
15 seconds after the test strip is removed.
Dispose of the used test strip in accordance
with your facility’s disposal regulations.
2. The patient’s hands should be washed
with warm water and soap and then
dried well.
5. Touch the blood drop to the yellow edge
of the test strip.
8. Dispose of the used single-use lancing
device in accordance with your facility’s
disposal regulations.
3. To turn on the meter insert the test strip
into the meter. When the blood drop
symbol flashes, you can perform a test.
6. Remove finger from the test strip when the
flashing hourglass symbol appears. The
test result appears on the display in less
than 4 seconds.
9. To disinfect, gently wipe the meter‘s
surface with a soft cloth slightly
dampened (wring out any excess liquid)
with 70% isopropyl alcohol. Make sure the
surface stays wet for at least 2 minutes.
For more details on the devices, please refer to the user instructions of your blood glucose monitoring system.
1. Breitenbeck N, Brown, A: Assessment of a Blood Glucose Monitoring System for Self-Testing with Three Test Strip Lots following ISO 15197:2013/EN ISO 15197:2015
J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2017
Start safe
Test safe
Finish safe
HYGIENE
MATTERS
safe from patient to patient
ejector
button
© 2023 Roche Diabetes Care Limited. All rights reserved. | ACCU-CHEK and ACCU-CHEK INSTANT are
trademarks of Roche. | All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. | Roche Diabetes Care
Limited, Charles Avenue, Burgess Hill, RH159RY, UK. | Company registration number: 9055599. | For Healthcare
Professional use only in the UK. Not for distribution. | BGM2023 – UK&I-567 | Date of Preparation: March 2023
https://diabetes.roche.com/hcp-gb/
www.diabetes.roche.com/hcp-gb
THE ACCU-CHEK INSTANT SYSTEM
Testing in clinical settings
