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Blood Glucose Tests
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Performing a Blood Glucose Test
with Blood from Your Fingertip
NOTE
• Before you perform your first blood
glucose test, set the meter time and
date.
• You need the meter, a test strip, and
a lancing device with a lancet
inserted to perform a blood glucose
test.
• A blood glucose test cannot be
performed while the meter is
connected to a PC with a USB cable.
• The meter turns o 90 seconds after
a successful test or 15 seconds after
the test strip is removed, provided no
other action is taken.
• There are 2 ways to start a blood
glucose test.
• Insert a test strip into the meter.
• Turn the meter on by briefly
pressing
and insert a test strip.
Wash your hands
with warm soapy
water. Rinse and dry
thoroughly.
Prepare the lancing
device.
Check the use by date
on the test strip
container.
Do not use test strips
past the use by date.
Remove a test strip
from the test strip
container.
Close the cap tightly.
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Insert the metallic end
of the test strip into
the meter. The meter
turns on.
When the flashing drop
symbol appears, prick
your finger with the
lancing device.
Gently squeeze your
finger to assist the
blood flow. This helps
you get a blood drop.
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