Performing a Blood Glucose Test with EasyMax 15 Test Strips
Please adhere to your institution’s medical device handling and site preparation procedures.
1. Wash your patient’s hands
with soap and warm water.
Rinse and dry thoroughly.
Your institution may require
that you use an alcohol
prep pad. Please ensure
that the test site is
completely dry before
proceeding.
2. Put a test strip into the meter in
the direction of the arrow. The
meter turns on and the icon
shows automatically.
3. Press (Left Button) or
(Right Button) to set a
Patient Number and press
to confirm the setting (only if
function if on).
4. Please wait at least 5
seconds until the intended
area is dry and clean before
using the safety lancet.
5. Remove the protective lancet
cap.
6. Position the lancet and press
it firmly against the puncture
site.
7. Gently squeeze and/or
massage the fingertip until
a round drop of blood forms
on the fingertip.
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Note: If the function of is on, and you do not choose a medical record number before applying
blood, the test result will be recorded under
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9. The meter starts to count
down from 5 seconds and
then displays the test result.
8. Touch the blood drop at the tip of
the transparent window of the test
strip.
Do not put blood on top of
the strip.
Be sure to get enough
blood on the strip’s reaction zone.
Otherwise, an error code will
appear.
10. Push the Strip Ejector to eject the test strip. Properly dispose of both the
strip and the lancet.
11. After discarding, wash hands thoroughly with soap and water. Rinse and dry
thoroughly.
12. Clean and disinfect the meter following the instructions on page 4.
13. Change gloves between patients.
In a Long Term Care facility setting, we recommend that a safety lancet be used for each individual glucose
test.
