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Storage and Handling
Please review the following storage and handling instructions:
• Store in a cool, dry place between 41-86 °F (5-30 °C) and 10-90 % relative
humidity and keep out of direct sunlight.
• Do not freeze or refrigerate.
• Do not store or use test strips in a humid place such as a bathroom.
• Do not store the meter, the test strips or control solution near bleach or
cleaners that contain bleach.
• The test strip should be used immediately after removing it from the container.
• Repeated insertion and removal of a test strip into the meter strip port may
result in reading errors.
Special Instructions for Test strips
in the Vial
• Do not use test strips after the unopened expiration date printed on the vial.
Note: All expiration dates are printed in Year/Month format. 2015/01 indicates
January, 2015.
• A new vial of test strips may be used for 6 months after being first opened.
After 6 months they will expire. Write the opened expiration date on the vial
label after opening.
• Test strips must be stored in the original vial with the cap tightly closed.
This keeps them in good working condition.
• Do not transfer test strips to a new vial or any other container.
• Close the cap on the test strip vial immediately after removing a test strip.
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