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GEN blood glucose monitoring system
TESTING
Prepare the Lancing Device
The lancing device graphics are for illustration purposes only.
Your lancing device may look different. Refer to your lancing
device insert for detailed instructions on preparing the lancing
device.
WARNING: Potential Biohazard
• The lancing device provided with your kit is intended for single-
patient use only. It should not be used for assisted blood draws
by health care providers or at health care provision sites, and
should never be shared with anyone else, even a family member,
due to risk of infection.
•
Do not reuse lancets. Used lancets are not sterile. Use a
new lancet each time you test.
WARNING: Potential Biohazard
Always dispose of used test strips and lancets as medical waste or
as advised by your health care professional.
1. Remove the endcap from the lancing device.
2. Loosen the round protective cap
on a lancet by rotating the cap
¼ turn, but do not remove the
cap.
3. Insert the lancet firmly into the
lancing device until the lancet
comes to a complete stop.
4. Twist off the round protective
lancet cap. Save the cap for
disposing of the used lancet.
