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4 Testing blood glucose ................................................................ 70

4.1 Preparing to test blood glucose ........................................... 70

4.2 Preparing the finger pricker ................................................ 70

4.2.1 Undocking the finger pricker from the meter ........... 73

4.2.2 Docking the finger pricker onto the meter ............... 74

4.2.3 Inserting the lancet ................................................. 75

4.3 Testing blood glucose .......................................................... 78

4.3.1 Turning the meter on ............................................... 78

4.3.2 Obtaining blood ....................................................... 80

4.3.3 Drawing up blood with the test strip ........................ 84

4.4 Ejecting the test strip .......................................................... 90

4.5 Ejecting the used lancet ...................................................... 92

4.6 Symbols you see before, during or after testing and

what they mean .................................................................. 95

4.7 Flagging special results ...................................................... 96

4.8 Evaluating results ............................................................... 97

4.8.1 Measuring range ..................................................... 98

4.8.2 Implausible results – possible causes of error ......... 99

5 Using the meter as an electronic notebook ............................ 101

5.1 Memory ............................................................................ 101

5.2 Retrieving results from memory ........................................ 102

5.3 Average, highest value and lowest value for 7, 14

and 30 days ...................................................................... 107

5.4 Downloading test results to a PC, handheld computer

or a special evaluation system .......................................... 114

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