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FreeStyle Flash® System Specifications
Meter Specifications
Assay Method
Coulometric electrochemical sensor
Automatic Shutoff
Two minutes after last user action
Battery Life
500 tests
Calibration
Plasma equivalent
Hematocrit
15% to 65%
Measurement Units
mg/dL
Memory
250 blood glucose and control solution
tests with date and time
Operating Relative
Humidity
5% to 90%
Operating Temperature 40° to 104° F
Power Source
Two #2032, 3 volt, lithium batteries,
replaceable
Result Range
20 to 500 mg/dL
Sample
Whole blood, capillary
Sample Size
0.3 microliter (300 nanoliters)
Size
(Width 1.6”x Length 3.0” x 0.8”)
Test Time
Average of 7 seconds
Weight
1.4 oz. including batteries
Meter does not enter the test mode after inserting a test strip.
Probable Cause
What to Do
The batteries are dead.
Replace the batteries and reset the date and time,
if necessary.
The batteries are installed
incorrectly or there are no
batteries in the meter.
Check that both batteries are installed correctly
with the positive (+) sign facing upward, toward
you.
Test strip inserted upside
down, wrong end in, or
incompletely inserted into
the meter.
Insert the test strip with the printed side up and
the top of the strip in the meter.
Defective meter or test strips. Call Customer Care.
Blood or foreign objects put
into the test strip port.
Call Customer Care.
Test does not start after applying the blood sample.
Probable Cause
What to Do
Blood sample too small.
You may add blood to the same sample area of
the test strip from which you started for up to 60
seconds from the time of the first application. If
necessary, repeat the test using a new test strip
and a larger blood sample.
Defective test strip.
Repeat the test with a new test strip.
Sample applied after meter
times out (two minutes) and
returns to clock mode.
Repeat the test using a new test strip. Wait until
you see the Blood and Test Strip symbols on
the display screen before you apply the blood
sample.
Defective meter or test
strips.
Call Customer Care.
Troubleshooting