Lifescan ONETOUCH ULTRA2 User manual

Owner’s Booklet
Blood
Glucose
Monitoring
System
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Welcome to the OneTouch® family!
We know diabetes can be difficult to understand and manage. The right
products and services can help make life with diabetes just a little bit
easier. We hope the OneTouch®Ultra®2 System works well for you.
We designed this product to make testing easy and to help you manage
your diabetes. You can use the meter for fast and simple tests. You can
also use it to record information to go with your results.
This owner’s booklet is designed to provide the information that you
are looking for, when you need it. We hope you keep it handy.
Of course, you may still have questions. If you do, our OneTouch®
Customer Care Line Representatives would be happy to answer your
call. You can reach them at 1 800 663-5521, Monday-Friday 9am-8pm
Eastern Time, 6am-5pm Pacific Time. You can also obtain information
at www.OneTouch.ca.
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Insert a test strip
Check the code on the test
strip vial before inserting the
test strip. Make sure the three
contact bars are facing you.
Push the test strip in as far as
it will go. Do Not bend the test
strip.
The meter will turn on, show a
black start-up screen and then
a code number. The first time
you use the meter, the CAL
CODE screen will display “––”
instead of a number.
Match the code displayed
on the meter with the code
on the test strip vial
If the code on the meter does
not match the code on the
vial, press or to change
the code. If the display
changes to the APPLY BLOOD
screen before you are ready,
remove the test strip and
re-start the test process.
Press when the
numbers match.
The meter is ready for testing
when the APPLY BLOOD
screen appears.
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Setting up pg. 2
your system
Table of contents
• Getting to know your
OneTouch®Ultra®2
Blood Glucose Meter
and Test Strips
• Turning your meter on
and off
• Using the meter display
backlight
• Setting up your meter
NOTE: Before testing, read
this owner’s booklet carefully.
Starting the test process pg. 10
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Getting a blood sample pg. 14
Prepare the lancing device
Remove the blue cap and put
a new lancet in the lancing
device. Twist off the protective
disk. Replace the cap and cock
the lancing device.
Get a drop of blood
Hold the lancing device firmly
against your finger. Press the
release button.
Gently squeeze and/or
massage your fingertip until
a round drop of blood
( sample size) forms
on your fingertip.
Applying blood pg. 26
and reading results
Touch and hold the drop of
blood to the narrow channel in
the top edge of the test strip
Blood will be drawn into the test
strip. Keep holding the drop of
blood to the top edge of the test
strip until the confirmation
window is full. The meter will
begin to count down from 5 to 1.
Then, your blood glucose level
appears on the display along
with the unit of measure, and
the date and time of the test.
If the test results are lower than,
higher than, or not what you
expect, see pages 30–32.
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Add a meal flag to track
different types of averages
While viewing your test result,
press to get the MEAL FLAG
screen.
Press or to highlight
BEFORE MEAL or AFTER MEAL.
To confirm your selection,
press .
The meal flag you chose will
appear above the result.
If you do not wish to add a
meal flag, select NO FLAG and
press . This will return you
to the glucose result screen.
Add a comment
While viewing a test result,
press to get the COMMENT
screen.
Press or to highlight an
appropriate comment.
To confirm your selection,
press .
The comment you chose
appears below the result.
Caring for your pg. 50
system
Control solution pg. 44
testing
Understanding error pg. 56
and other messages
Detailed information pg. 63
about your system
Index pg. 68
• Last result
• All results
• Result averages
• Downloading results
Meal flag
Comment
Reviewing past pg. 38
results and averages
Attaching flags or comments to your results pg. 34
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