Abbott Diabetes Care Blood Glucose Monitoring System ART21258 - Manual (Page 18)

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CHAPTER 3
Calibrating Your Monitor
Why Calibrate Your Monitor?
Your monitor must be calibrated so that it can
recognize the test strip you are using. Calibration
ensures that your results are accurate.
When to Calibrate Your Monitor
• When you use the monitor for the first time.
• EACH time you open and use a new box of blood
glucose test strips.
What You Will Need
• Blood Glucose Monitor
• For glucose calibration:
- Blood glucose test strip
- Blood glucose test strip instructions for use
- Blood glucose test strip calibrator
How to Calibrate Your Monitor
When you insert a test strip for the first time,
the display window shows:
This means the monitor is not calibrated for
blood glucose monitoring.
IMPORTANT:
• Use only the calibrator that is packaged in the box of
test strips you are using.
• Do not use test strips that have expired. Check the
expiration date on the test strip foil packet and test
strip box. If only the year and month are shown, the
expiration date is the last day of the month.
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Questions?
Call Customer Care:
1-800-992-3612
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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