
1. Wear protective gloves. 4.Lancethesideofthengertipwiththe
single-use lancing device approved for 
professional use.
7. After a successful test, the meter turns off 
15 seconds after the test strip is removed. 
Dispose of the used test strip in accordance 
with your facility’s disposal regulations.
2. The patient’s hands should be washed 
with warm water and soap and then 
dried well.
5. Touch the blood drop to the yellow edge 
of the test strip. 
8. Dispose of the used single-use lancing 
 device in accordance with your facility’s 
 disposal regulations.
3. To turn on the meter insert the test strip 
into the meter. When the blood drop 
symbolashes,youcanperformatest.
6.Removengerfromtheteststripwhenthe 
ashinghourglasssymbolappears.The 
test 
result appears on the display in less 
than 4 seconds.
9. To disinfect, gently wipe the meter‘s 
surface with a soft cloth slightly 
dampened (wring out any excess liquid) 
with 70% isopropyl alcohol. Make sure the 
surface stays wet for at least 2 minutes.
For more details on the devices, please refer to the user instructions of your blood glucose monitoring system.
1. Breitenbeck N, Brown, A: Assessment of a Blood Glucose Monitoring System for Self-Testing with Three Test Strip Lots following ISO 15197:2013/EN ISO 15197:2015 
J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2017
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