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Checking your meter
7.2 Carrying out a performance check
1 Read the package insert which came with the
control solutions.
2 Take a test strip from the test strip container and
close it again immediately.
3 Hold the test strip so that the arrows printed on
it and the orange square face upwards.
4 Without bending it, gently push the test strip into
the test strip guide in the direction of the arrows
until you feel it lock into place.