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11. Patients undergoing oxygen therapy may have inaccurate re-
sults.
12. Altitude up to 3050 meters above sea level has no effect on
readings.
13. Test results may be false if the patient is severely dehydrated or
severely hypertensive, in shock, or in hypoglycemic-hyperosmo-
lar state (with or without ketosis). Critically ill patients should
not be tested with home-use blood glucose meter.
14. Elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels may interfere with
the way light is reflected producing erroneous meter results.
15. Recent studies have shown that EMI can cause electronic medi-
cal device performance degradation and could lead to inappro-
priate therapy.
16. Lipemic samples: Cholesterol level up to 500 mg/dL (12.92
mmol/L) and triglycerides up to 3,000 mg/dL (33.6mmol/L)
do not affect the results. Grossly lipemic patient samples have
not been tested and are not recommended for testing with
smartLAB
®
mini nG
Blood Glucose System.
