Lifescan SureStep Blood Glucose Monitor - Manual (Page 9)

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Units of Measure for Meter Readouts
Your OneTouch ® SureStep ® Meter can display results in two different units of measure.
Milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) is the standard unit in the United States. Because
this meter may be purchased by people living in other parts of the world, it may be
reset to another unit of measure called Millimoles per liter (mmol/L). This unit is not
used in the United States except on your doctor’s recommendation. You can easily
determine if the meter has been accidentally reset to the wrong unit of measure.
Simply turn on the meter. The unit of measure will appear on the display with your
last test result. When looking at a test result on the display, either mg/dL or mmol/L
will appear with the result. A test result in mmol/L will have a decimal point. For
more information, see pages 61-62, “Unit of Measurement”.
mmol/L
millimoles/liter
decimal point
mg/dL
milligrams/deciliter
no decimal point
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