CoaguSense Coag-Sense Quick Reference Guide

Coag-Sense
®
Prothrombin Time (PT)/INR
Monitoring System
Quick Reference Guide
Getting Started and Setting Up the Meter
1. Gather test supplies such as test strips, lancets and sample transfer tubes.
2. Warm your hands to increase circulation.
3. Wash your hands with warm soapy water and completely dry them.
4. Placethemeteronaat,non-vibratingsurface.
5. Turn the meter on by pressing the POWER button on the top left side of the meter.
Performing a ProThrombin Time Test
Activity Display Screen/Visual Aid
1. After turning on the meter, you will know it is ready
when the display reads: “READY INSERT STRIP”.
Open a test strip pouch, tearing at the notched end.
Removethestripandsetthepackageaside.
2. Holding the round end, gently push the strip com-
pletely into the meter. The meter will display “PAT
STRIP DETECTED” and begin the strip warming
process changing the display to: “WARMING
PLEASE WAIT”. The time for completion of the
warming process will be displayed in seconds.
3. The meter will beep to let you know it is ready for a
sample and display the message “APPLY SAMPLE”.
Thesampleapplicationareawillashgreenindicating
wherethesampleshouldbeapplied.Youhave2.5
minutes to apply the sample to the strip.
PST
Intended Use-TheCoag-SenseSelf-TestProthrombinTime(PT)/INRMonitoringSystemisanin vitro diagnostic
devicethatprovidesquantitativeprothrombintime(PT)results,expressedinsecondsandINRunits.Itusesfresh
capillarywholeblood.Itisintendedforusebyproperlyselectedandsuitablytrainedpatientsortheircaregiversonthe
orderofthetreatingphysician.Patientsshouldbestabilizedonwarfarin-type(coumarin)anticoagulationtherapyprior
toself-testing.Thedeviceisnotintendedtobeusedforscreeningpurposes.
For In Vitro Diagnostic Use

CoaguSense Coag-Sense Specifications

General

Brand	CoaguSense
Model	Coag-Sense
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English