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Prodigy
Meter
Owner’s Manual
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Information about Your Prodigy Pocket
TM
Meter
Comparing Meter and Laboratory Results
The test result you obtain from your meter may differ somewhat
from your laboratory results due to normal variation. Meter results
can be affected by factors and conditions that do not affect
laboratory results in the same way.
(See test strip package insert
for typical accuracy and precision data and for important information
on limitations.)
To make an accurate comparison between meter
and laboratory results, follow the guidelines below.
Before you go to the laboratory:
• Perform a control solution test to make sure that the meter is
working properly.
• It is strongly recommended to fast for at least eight (8) hours
before doing comparison tests.
• Take your meter with you to the lab.
While at the laboratory:
• Make sure that the samples for both tests (the meter test
and the laboratory test) are taken and tested within 15 minutes
of each other.
• Wash your hands before obtaining a blood sample.
• Never use your meter with blood that has been collected in a
gray top test tube.
• Use fresh capillary blood only.
