Blood Glucose Monitoring System
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Testing Your Blood Glucose
Materials you will need:
Your Embrace TALK Monitor
A new Embrace TALK Test Strip
Lancing device with a clean, unused lancet (or safety lancets)
Clear cap for Alternate Site Testing (AST) on palm and
forearm (optional)
Before you begin, make sure:
• Set up your monitor properly and run a control test. See “Setting
Up Your New System” on page 4, and “Control Solution Testing” on
page 23 for details.
• Wash your hands and testing site thoroughly with soap and warm
water, and dry well.
• You are testing in an area between the 50°F~104°F and relative
humidity less than 85%. Your monitor will not test outside of this
range and will display . If the voice feature is on the monitor will
say “temperature out of range”. Move the monitor into an area that is
between 50°F~104°F and relative humidity less than 85%, and let it
sit for 10 to 15 minutes before testing again.
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