
Chapter 1: Understanding Your Meter ….......................................................................................................11
The EM50 Blood Glucose Meter …............................................................................................................11
The EM50 Accessories …..........................................................................................................................13
Setting the Time, Date, Sound Volume and Memory..................................................................................14
Using EM50 Blood Glucose Test Strips ...............................................................................16
Chapter 2: Control Solution Testing..............................................................................................................17
Why Run a Control Solution Test ...............................................................................................................17
About The Control Solutions ......................................................................................................................18
Running a Control Solution Test ................................................................................................................19
Understanding Control Solution Test Results ............................................................................................22
Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Glucose .......................................................................................................24
Using the Lancing Device .........................................................................................................................24
Inserting a Lancet into the Lancing Device ................................................................................................27
Running a Blood Glucose Test with Blood from Your Fingertip .................................................................27
Alternative Site Testing (AST)……...…………………………………………………………………………….30
Running a Blood Glucose Test with Blood from Your Forearm ……..........................................................32
Running a Blood Glucose Test with Blood from Your Palm …..……..........................................................33
Discarding Used Lancets …......................................................................................................................34
Expected Values………………….…...........................................................................................................35
Unusual Test Results…..............................................................................................................................35
Symptoms Of High Or Low Blood Glucose ……........................................................................................36