OneTouch VitA - Before You Begin; Intended Use; Test Principle

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Before you begin
Before using this product to test your blood glucose,
carefully read the Starter Guide, this User’s Handbook
and the inserts that come with the OneTouch® Vita™
Test Strips and OneTouch® Vita™ Control Solution.
Intended use
The OneTouch® Vita™ Blood Glucose Monitoring
System is intended to be used for the quantitative
measurement of glucose (sugar) in fresh capillary whole
blood. The OneTouch® Vita™ System is intended for
self-testing outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use)
by people with diabetes at home and by health care
professionals in a clinical setting as an aid to monitor
the eectiveness of diabetes control. It should not be
used for the diagnosis of diabetes or for testing newborns.
Test principle
Glucose in the blood sample mixes with special
chemicals in the test strip and a small electric current
is produced. The strength of this current changes with
the amount of glucose in the blood sample. Your meter
measures the current, calculates your blood glucose
level, displays the result, and stores it in its memory.