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TESTING
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Bolus
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Reminder
Reminder
Notes
Notes
High Blood Sugar
14.0
mmol
L
Low Blood Sugar
3.8
Low Blood Sugar
APPLY BLOOD
WARNING
• Do not calibrate your continuous glucose monitoring device from a control result
• Do not calculate a bolus based on a control result
14.0
High Blood Sugar
• A screen with large orange numbers alerts you that
your blood sugar is high.
WARNING
Shake the control solution well before testing.
High and Low Blood Sugar Alert Scr
eens
Contr
ol Solution T
esting
High and Low Blood Sugar Alert Screens
Your meter has been preset with a low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) value of 3.9 mmol/L
and a high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) value of 13.9 mmol/L. These are the preset values,
but can be customized by you and/or your health care professional. You can change the
High and Low Alert levels under Main Menu, Setup option (see page 51).
If your blood sugar reading is under your low blood sugar alert level:
• A screen with large orange numbers alerts you that
your blood sugar is low.
If your blood sugar reading is over your high blood sugar alert level:
• If AutoLog is ON and you did not mark your result
before the high or low alert appeared, select
Notes
.
• Press the
or
button to scroll through the choices.
• Press
OK
when your choice is highlighted.
Testing in the Dark
Your meter has a lighted test strip port to help you test in the dark.
• With the meter off, give the top
Menu
button two quick presses to turn on the test strip
port light.
• Insert a test strip and the display screen appears.
• Once blood is applied to the test strip, the light goes off.
• Continue with your test.
• Two quick presses of the top
Menu
button also turns off the light.
Control Solution* Testing
CAUTION:
Check the expiry date on the test strip bottle and the expiry date and
discard date on the control solution bottle. DO NOT use expired materials.
Quality Control
You should perform a control test when:
• using your meter for the first time
• you open a new bottle or package of test strips
• you think your meter may not be working correctly
• you have repeated, unexpected blood glucose results
Control solutions are available separately if not included in the meter kit. Always use
C
ONTOUR
N
EXT
control solutions from Bayer. Other brands could present incorrect results. If
you need help locating C
ONTOUR
N
EXT
control solutions from Bayer, contact Bayer Diabetes
Support. Please see back cover for contact information.
1.
Remove the test strip from the bottle and firmly snap the lid closed.
2.
Hold the test strip with the grey square end facing up.
3.
Insert the grey square end of the test strip into the test
strip port until the meter beeps.
4.
You will see the
Apply Blood
screen. The meter is now
ready for you to test.
CAUTION:
Use only C
ONTOUR
®
N
EXT
control solution from Bayer with your
C
ONTOUR
®
N
EXT
LINK 2.4 blood glucose monitoring system. Using anything other than
C
ONTOUR
N
EXT
control solution can cause inaccurate results.
* Control solution may not be included in all meter kits. Contact Bayer Diabetes Support for information
on obtaining control solution. See back cover for contact information.
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