Lactate Pro 2, Operating Manual

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7.1 Storage
Store your meter, test strips, lancing device, lancets and manuals in your
carrying case.
Do not freeze. Avoid heat, humidity and direct sunlight.
Storage temperatures:
• Meter: 0 to 50 °C (32 to 122°F)
• Test strips: 1 to 30 °C (34 to 86°F)
7.2 Cleaning Your Meter
This product does not need special cleaning.
If your meter gets dirty, wipe it with a soft piece of cloth moistened with water.
To disinfect the meter after cleaning, wipe with a soft cloth moistened
with 70% ethanol, 70% isopropanol or diluted household bleach (0.05%
sodium hypochlorite solution).
7.3 Changing the Battery
When the battery symbol appears on the screen, the battery is getting low.
Before using your meter, change the battery. Past results remain
in the memory even when the battery is changed.
Your meter uses one CR2032 3V lithium battery. This type of battery is
available in many stores. Keep a spare battery handy at all times.
You do not need to set the date and time if you insert a new battery
within 2 minutes after removing the old battery. Even if you change the
battery within 2 minutes, your meter's clock may be reset if:
• You do not replace the battery soon after the battery symbol appears.
• You insert the battery upside down.
• You touch the metal parts inside the meter with hands or metal.
When the time has been reset during battery replacement, "12:00" or
"0:00" will flash on the screen the next time you insert a Test Strip. In
this case, set the correct date and time (see chapter 6 "Meter Setup").
1. Make sure the meter is off.
2. Open the battery cover by lifting the tab with your finger or fingernail.
Do not touch the metal parts inside the meter with your hands or metal.
3. Remove the old battery. Slide the new battery into the battery cover
with the “+” side facing downward.
• If the battery is inserted upside down, the meter will not operate.
4. Match the lines on the battery cover and the meter. Close the battery cover.
Dispose of old batteries according to your local environmental
regulations.
Chapter 7 Maintenance
NOTE
NOTE
Error
message
What's the
problem
What to do
Symbol
What's the
problem
What to do
If a problem occurs with the meter or test strips, the beeper sounds and
the following error codes or symbols appear on the screen.
Chapter 8 If a Message Appears
Contact your distributor.
Leave the meter and test strips in a
place where the temperature is 5 to
40°C (41 to 104°F) and humidity is 20 to
80% RH for at least 20 minutes.
Test your blood only after the error code
disappears. If the error remains on the
screen, contact your distributor.
Data could not be sent or received
during communication. Try again. If the
error still appears, contact your
distributor.
Contact your distributor.
Repeat the test with a new test strip.
Use a Lactate Pro TM 2 Test Strip to
repeat the test.
Use a new test strip to repeat the test
with the correct method.
There is a problem
with the inside of the
meter.
The surrounding
temperature is too
low or too high.
Communication error
There is a problem
with the inside of the
meter.
• The insertion
portion (electrode)
of the Test Strip is
dirty.
• A used Test Strip is
inserted into the
meter.
A different type of
test strip is inserted
into the meter.
• The test strip
touched blood
again after the test
started.
• The test strip inside
the meter moved
during testing.
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E-2
E-3
E-5
E-6
E-7
Change the battery. See chapter 7.3.
Leave the meter and test strips in a
place where the temperature is 5 to
40°C (41 to 104°F) and humidity is 20 to
80% RH for at least 20 minutes.
Test your blood only after the
thermometer symbol disappears.
Your meter can test your blood even
when the thermometer symbol is
displayed, but this may produce
inaccurate test results.
The battery is getting
low.
The surrounding
temperature is too
low or too high.
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1. Make sure that the flashing blood symbol and the date/time appear
on the screen (see chapter 2.7 "Inserting Test Strips into the Meter").
2. Touch the tip of the test strip at a 90 degree angle to the drop of
blood.
Let the test strip draw up blood until the check window is filled with
blood.
• Do not apply blood when a full display appears on the screen.
• Do not add any extra blood even immediately after the first draw. It
may cause inaccurate test results.
Accurate test results will not be obtained if you apply your blood to
the check window directly.
• For accurate test results, touch the test strip to your blood immediately
after puncturing.
• Do not test blood that runs or spreads out from the puncture site.
• Do not smear blood on the test strip.
• Do not press the test strip into your puncture site with force.
• Keep your hands away from the test strip until the test result appears.
3. You will hear a beep when the countdown starts from 15 to 1.
4. Read your test result.
When "Hi" or "Lo" appears as the test result, it means that the result is
outside the test range.
• "Hi": The blood lactate level is above 25.0 mmol/L (225 mg/dL).
• "Lo": The blood lactate level is below 0.5 mmol/L (5 mg/dL).
When the test result is not what you expect, check that:
• The thermometer symbol is not on,
• The meter and the test strip adjusted to the specified temperature
and humidity before the test,
• The test strip was not exposed for a long time after being removed
from the aluminum pack,
• The test strip is not expired,
• The test strip is not reused,
• Sweat is not mixed with blood,
• The test strip is filled with enough blood.
5. Pull the test strip straight out of the meter.
The meter stores the test result into the
memory and turns itself off.
• Even if the test strip is not pulled out, the meter will store the test result
in the memory after 3 minutes and turns itself off.
• New results beyond the 330th result overwrite previously stored results
in the order of the oldest first, regardless of the measurer code.
Disposal of Infectious Waste
The test strips, lancets, and alcohol cotton pads qualify as infectious
waste once used to test the blood lactate level. Dispose of them
according to your local regulations on biohazardous waste.
5.1 Measurer Code
A measurer code makes it possible to display or delete the test results
by measurer and to manage the data efficiently.
You can add a measurer code before or after test.
 Adding a measurer code before test
1. Insert the test strip into the meter.
Make sure that the blood symbol, date and time appear.
2. Press button 1.
The measurer code "M01" appears.
To select a different measurer code, press button 1 again.
The measurer code changes in the following order every time you
press the button:
3. Select a measurer code and test your blood. After the test, the test
date and the measurer code appear alternately.
4. Pull the test strip straight out of the meter.
 Adding a measurer code after test
1. When the test result appears, press button 1
without removing the test strip.
The measurer code "M01" appears.
To set a different measurer code, press button 1 again.
The measurer code changes in the following order every time you
press the button:
2. To save the setting and turn off the meter, pull the test strip straight
out of the meter.
• You cannot add/change the measurer code once the meter turns off.
• The meter turns off when you remove the test strip or after 3 minutes
from testing.
Chapter 5 Managing Your Test Results
Chapter 4 Testing Your Blood Lactate
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
M01 M02 M03 (no m. code)
M01 M02 M03 (no m. code)
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