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DiaCheck DA12
BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM
- How to AST
User need the meter, a test strip, a lancing device designed for AST,
and the clear AST cap.
1. Unscrew the adjustable tip, insert a new lancet firmly into the carrier.
Twist off lancet protective cap and replace the AST Cap. Sliding barrel
signals readiness with a soft click.
2. Insert a test strip into the meter in the correct direction. The meter
turns on.
3. A flashing blood drop symbol
appears on the screen.
4. Gently massage the alternative site that user would like to draw blood
from.
5. Clean hands and the alternative site user will puncture. Press the
lancing device firmly against a fleshy area on the alternative site. Press
the lancing device up and down in a slow pumping motion to assist the
flow of blood.
6. Trigger the lancing device will be keeping steady pressure on the
puncture site. Immediately lift the lancing device off of the site.
7. Squeeze the puncture site with appropriate pressure slowly to get
enough blood.
8. Slightly touch the top of strip with the blood to make enough blood
filled in strip; user can get the test result after 6 seconds.
Warning: The AST function of DA12 meter can be used for the
following sites: palm and forearm.
Warning: Please follow the lancing device manual to execute AST
blood sampling from puncture sites.
