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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 off 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.
1
Wash your hands
with warm soapy
water. Rinse and dry
thoroughly.
Prepare the lancing
device.
2
Check the use by date
on the test strip
container.
Do not use test strips
past the use by date.
3
Remove a test strip
from the test strip
container.
Close the cap tightly.
4
Insert the metallic end
of the test strip into
the meter. The meter
turns on.
5
When the flashing drop
symbol appears, prick
your finger with the
lancing device.
6
Gently squeeze your
finger to assist the
blood flow. This helps
you get a blood drop.
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