Arkray Glucocard X-Meter - System Limitations and Warnings

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•TheGLUCOCARD™X-METERSystemisnotdesignedtobeasubstitute
for pathology laboratory equipment and should not be used for the
diagnosis of diabetes.
•Useonlyfreshcapillaryblood.Donotuseserumorplasmaorvenous
whole blood.
•DonotusetheGLUCOCARD™X-METERtotestneonates.Ithasnot 
been validated for neonatal use.
•Alwaysinserttheteststripintothemeterrst,thenprickthenger.
Not doing so may result in an“E-6” appearing on the display or a test
result that is higher than the actual value.
•Donotuseataltitudeshigherthan10,000ft(3,048m).
•Interferencetestingdemonstratedan18%biaswhen10mg/dL 
mannose was added to a 60 mg/dL glucose sample.