BEFORE REQUESTING REPAIRS OR TESTING
Make sure to check the following before sending your blood pressure monitor away to be tested or repaired.
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Display stays blank when | Check whether the batteries |
| Replace all the batteries with | |
you press the “START/ | are dead. |
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STOP” switch. |
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Check whether the batteries |
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| correct direction. | |
| round (m and , oriented |
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No measurements can be | Check whether the |
| Attach the arm cuff properly. | |
taken. | measurement icon is |
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| Check whether the arm cuff |
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| Did you stay calm during |
| Measure your blood | |
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| pressure again, making sure | |
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| Note that blood pressure measurement may not be | |||
| possible for someone with an extremely weak pulse or | |||
| cardiac arrhythmia (irregular pulses). | |||
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Your blood pressure readings are abnormally high or low |
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compared with those taken in hospital. |
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Other phenomena |
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| the unit and change them | |
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| with new ones. | |
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