What is the strip quality check? How does it work?
Accu-Chek Compact Plus system checks each strip for quality before measurement. Because of this check, the meter’s strip advancing mechanism needs to pause briefly before ejecting the strip completely (see “Why must I wait before I can apply blood?”). If the strip is spoilt, an error message appears. Warning: The strip quality check can only check the strip, not the whole system (meter, meter optics). For this reason it is not possible to completely eliminate performance checks in addition to the inbuilt strip quality check. Checks are made to ensure that the test area changes colour in a particular way, e.g., when moistened.
