General questions

What is the right way to store the lancet drums?

Keep your lancet drums clean and protect them from extremes of temperature. Do not store them in a hot car or in the refrigerator.

General questions

What is the right way to clean the Accu-Chek Multiclix lancing device and how often should I clean it?

Clean your lancing device regularly to keep it in good working condition. If any blood gets on it, always wipe it away immediately. Clean the outside of the lancing device only. Wipe it once a week with a cloth lightly moistened with water. To disinfect, use 70 % isopropanol. Check your package insert for detailed instructions on how to clean the lancing device.

Testing blood sugar (glucose)

How do I run a blood sugar test on a non-fingertip site?

Your Accu-Chek lancing device has a special plastic cap designed for testing on other areas of the body. Talk with your healthcare professional before deciding if alternate site testing is right for you.

Note: Do not use the special plastic cap when testing at the fingertip. Follow the steps for fingertip testing, with a few differences:

  1. Use the clear or gray cap.
  2. You may need a deeper setting. Try 3 for palm testing or 5-1/2 for forearm or upper arm testing. (These are suggested settings; yours may differ.)
  3. Press the opening of the clear or gray cap firmly against a fleshy area of the non-fingertip site. Press the lancing device up and down in a slow pumping motion to assist the flow of blood.
  4. Keep steady pressure on the area, then press and release the plunger. Do not be afraid to apply pressure to the area with the lancing device to assist the flow of blood. Continue to press the cap against the site for a few seconds to allow blood to come to the surface.

Special Features

What types of averages are available?

There are three types of averages: general, pre-meal and post-meal. To view results and averages, press and release left and right arrows to view stored results. The most recent test result appears on the display.

  • Press the left arrow to view previous test results from newest to oldest.
  • Press the right arrow to view 7-, 14-, 30- and 90-day general averages.
  • Continue to press the right arrow to view 7-, 14-, 30- and 90-day pre-meal and post-meal averages.

Special Features

What type of test results can be marked?

1. Perform a test. The result appears on the display.
2. Leave the test strip in the meter. Press and release or to toggle through test result markers and the post-meal reminder:

  • Pre -meal marker
  • Pre-meal marker with post-meal reminder
  • Post-meal marker
  • General marker

3. When the marker or test reminder you wish to select appears on the display, remove the test strip from the meter.
 

General questions

How does Roche assure that the Accu-Chek Performa system provides accurate results?

Roche goes above and beyond to deliver safe, accurate and dependable products.

For every lot of Accu-Chek test strips, containing millions of strips, one out of every 100 vials is tested for consistency of performance

Vials representative of the entire lot are tested a second time, some in a lab setting and others with blood from actual people with diabetes to reflect a real-world environment As a result of our quality assurance process, we won’t release affected test strips when any of the samples show a reading outside our accepted limits.

General questions

What Accu-Chek products can be used with Accu-Chek 360° software?
  • Accu-Chek Active meter
  • Accu-Chek Performa meter
  • Accu-Chek Aviva meter
  • Accu-Chek Nano SmartView system
  • Accu-Chek Performa Nano meter
  • Accu-Chek Compact meter
  • Accu-Chek Go meter
  • Accu-Chek Integra meter
  • Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter
  • Accu-Chek Mobile meter
  • Accu-Chek Aviva/Performa Expert meter
  • Accu-Chek Insight system
  • Accu-Chek Insight Aviva/Performa diabetes manager
  • Accu-Chek Aviva/Performa Connect meter
  • Accu-Chek Voicemate Plus meter
  • Accu-Chek Spirit insulin pump
  • Accu-Chek Combo system
  • Accu-Chek Spirit Combo insulin pump
  • Accu-Chek D-TRON plus insulin pump
  • Accu-Chek Connect Online system