OneTouch ONETOUCH SELECT - CONTROL SOLUTION Safety guide

Blood
Glucose
Monitoring
System
Setting up your meter
Taking a test
Starter Guide
Front Cover: C1
Read Me
First!
Easy to Use. Results You Can Trust.

Inside Front Cover: C2

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Detailed information about your test strips and control
solutions
Package Inserts
• Care and maintenance/
Battery
• Error and other messages
• Details about your
system
Owner’s Booklet
• Reviewing past results
• Alternate site testing
• Downloading results to a
computer
• Control solution testing
Includes more detailed information, plus:
Please read the detailed instructions in your
OneTouch®Select™Owner’s Booklet carefully.
This starter guide is designed to walk you through your
first test with the OneTouch®Select™system.
• Setting up your meter • Taking a test (fingertip)
Starter Guide (This Guide)

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Setting up your meter
1. Have these things ready when you test
Carrying Case
OneTouch®Select™
Meter (battery included)
OneTouch®
Lancing Device
OneTouch®
UltraSoft®
Sterile Lancets
OneTouch®Select™
Test Strips
(sold separately)

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2. Get to know your meter
When you turn the meter
on for the first time, the
SETTINGS screen will appear
on the meter display.
If your settings are not correct,
highlight CHANGE and press
OK
.
Setting up your meter
• Press
OK
for two
seconds to turn the
meter on and get
to the main menu.
• Press and release
OK
to save your
selections.
• Press
OK
for three
seconds to turn
the meter off.
Press or to scroll
between menu options
and highlight your
choice.
3. Set the meter language, date and time

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If the settings are correct press
OK
to save them. If they are
not correct, highlight CHANGE
and press
OK
to start over.
Now, press or to
highlight the language of your
choice and press
OK
.
In the DATE AND TIME screen,
press or to change the
year and press
OK
.
Repeat these steps to set
the month and day.
Next, press or to set the
hour and press
OK
.
Repeat these steps to set
the minutes and AM or PM.
Setting up your meter
Confirm that the correct
unit of measure mg/dL
is displayed here.

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A flashing “––” will appear
on the display the first time
you use your meter.
4. Code the meter
Find the code that is printed
on the test strip vial.
Insert a test strip this way to
turn the meter on and display
the code from your last test.
Press or to change the
code on the meter to match the
code on the test strip vial. Then,
press
OK
.
If the codes already match,
press
OK
to proceed to testing.
When no button is pressed
after five seconds, the
display will advance to the
APPLY SAMPLE screen.
Matching the code on the
meter and the code on the
test strip vial is essential to
obtaining accurate results.
Setting up your meter

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Taking a test (fingertip)
1. Prepare the
lancing device
Remove the blue cap
by snapping it off.
Insert a sterile lancet,
twist off the protective
disk and snap the
cap back on.
2. Get a blood drop
Adjust the depth setting
by twisting the cap. Larger
numbers are for deeper
punctures. Slide the
cocking control back to
cock the lancing device.
Before testing, be sure to wash your hands and the
puncture site.

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Taking a test (fingertip)
3. Apply blood drop to test strip
Move the meter and the test
strip toward the blood drop.
Obtain a drop of blood.
Massage or squeeze your
fingertip as needed.
Puncture your finger.
Do Not use a
blood sample
that smears or
runs.
Do Not hold the
meter and test
strip underneath
the blood drop.
See the Owner’s Booklet
for complete information
on using the OneTouch®
Lancing Device and on
alternate site testing.

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4. Wait for your result to appear on the meter
Blood will be drawn into
the test strip and the
confirmation window
will fill completely.
Move the test strip away
from the blood drop and
wait for the meter to
count down from 5 to 1.
Do Not apply
blood on the top
of the test strip.
Gently touch the channel to
the blood drop.
Taking a test (fingertip)
Narrow Channel
Be careful not to push the test strip against your fingertip or
the test strip may not fill completely. If the blood sample
does not fill the confirmation window completely, you may
get an ERROR 5 message or an inaccurate result. Discard
the test strip and start again with a new test strip.
Line up the blood drop with
the inner narrow channel on
the test strip.