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Recording Your Results
Always record your blood sugar results after testing. This helps you and your healthcare professional find
patterns in your blood sugar results. This information helps you better manage your diabetes, reducing your
chances for complications. Record your results in the self test diary included in your kit, the meter’s memory,
or on your computer.
Storing Your Supplies
Make sure you close the test strip vial and control solution bottles tightly after each use.
You can keep all your testing supplies in the carrying case. Store the carrying case (and everything in it)
where it won’t be exposed to heat or moisture. Your bedroom may be a good place.
Proper Testing Conditions
• The temperature range must be between 57-104°F (14-40°C) for accurate results. At temperatures
outside this range, the results are displayed with a thermometer symbol.
• Humidity must be below 95% so that moisture doesn’t condense on or inside the meter. If it does, let the
meter return to room temperature and thoroughly dry before turning it on.
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Never store test strips in areas of high heat and moisture, such as the kitchen,
bathroom or laundry room – heat and moisture can damage them.
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6. Gently squeeze your fingertip until you get a drop of blood.
7. Touch and hold the blood drop to the edge – not the top –
of the yellow window. Make sure the yellow window fills
completely.
8. A box rotates on the screen, and the test
result appears.
If you still see yellow, apply another drop of blood
within 15 seconds or start over with a new test strip.
9. To remove the lancet, take off the lancet device cap and
point the lancet end away from yourself.
10. Slide out the ejector to discharge the lancet into a
puncture-proof container.
For more information about your test results,
see page 24.
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