Limitations
• Serious Illness: The system should not be used to test
critically ill patients and should not be used by persons with
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in severely hypotensive individuals or patients in shock.
Inaccurate low results may occur for individuals experiencing a
hypoxia state, or a hyperglycemic-hyperosmolar state, with or
without ketosis.
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• Meter Operating Temperature Range: 41°F–113°F.
• Control Testing Temperature Range: 59°F–95°F.
• Test Strip Storage Conditions: 41°F–86°F, 10%–80%
Relative Humidity (RH).
• Second-Chance sampling conditions: Temperature Range
59°F–95°F, Hematocrit 20%–55%.
• Meter Operating Humidity Range: 10% RH–93% RH.
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• Measuring Range:ʹʷýƭºƯʽʷʷýƭºÅ¼½Â˹ÅÉ»¿Ä¸ÂÅźƔ
• Altitude: This system has not been tested at altitudes higher
than 20,674 feet (6301 meters).
• Alternative Site Testing: See Section 2 TESTING: Alternative
Site Testing (AST): Palm.
• Hematocrit: CONTOUR NEXT test strip results are not
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of 20% to 60%.
• Xylose: Do not use during or soon after xylose
absorption testing. Xylose in the blood will cause an
interference.
• Neonatal Use: The C
ONTOUR NEXT ONE meter is not
indicated for neonatal use.
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