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Getting Started Guide
IMPORTANT:
cap for testing on your forearm,
3
upper arm, hand, thigh, or calf.
Get the Blood Sample
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2
3
IMPORTANT:
Avoid lancing areas with obvious veins or moles
to avoid excess bleeding.
IMPORTANT:
Avoid lancing areas where tendons or bones
stick out (for example, hand bones and ankle bones).
In clinical studies, most people said testing on their forearms was painless.
(Data on file at Abbott Diabetes Care.)
FreeStyle Testing Areas
Refer to your Owner's Booklet for complete information about the FreeStyle™
Flash Blood Glucose Monitoring System.
We're here to help. Please call Customer Care toll free at 1-888-522-5226 or visit us at www.AbbottDiabetesCare.com.
Use the clear
To bring fresh blood to the surface
of the test site, rub the test site
vigorously for a few seconds until
you feel it getting warm.
Hold the clear cap down against
the top of your test site. Depress
the release button. Do not lift
up. Continue to hold the lancing
device and gradually increase
pressure for several seconds.
While holding the lancing device
on your test site, look through the
clear cap; the blood sample should
be about the size of a pinhead
(example: ).
Lift the lancing device straight up;
be careful not to smear the blood
sample on your test site.
Continue to Step 4
Test on or off your fingers
The FreeStyle Flash
system
™
can be used to test your blood
glucose from your forearm,
upper arm, hand, thigh, calf, as
well as your fingers (for more
information see your Owner's
Booklet).
Warning: If you are testing
for hypoglycemia (low blood
glucose), or if you suffer from
hypoglycemia unawareness,
we recommend that you test
on your fingers or palm (at
the base of the thumb).
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Fill Test Strip with Blood
1
Make sure that the test strip is in
the meter and the meter is powered
on. (If the meter is in clock mode,
take out the test strip and reinsert
into the meter.) Leave the test strip
in the meter. You are now ready to
apply the blood sample.
2
Bring the test strip to the blood
sample at a slight angle.
3
The test strip acts like a sponge
and pulls the blood into the strip
through the edge.
• Do not press the test strip against the test site.
• Do not scrape the blood onto the test strip.
• Do not apply blood to the flat side of the test strip.
• Do not apply blood to the test strip when the test
strip is out of the meter.
• Do not put blood or foreign objects into the test
strip port.
4
Do not lift the test strip up until
you hear one beep or see the short
line moving clockwise on your
meter screen. This means you have
enough blood and the meter is
reading your glucose.
You can continue to fill the test strip
for up to 60 seconds. Just be sure
you fill the test strip only from the
same edge.
5
The test result is complete when
you hear two beeps. Your blood
glucose test result is shown on the
display screen.
IMPORTANT:
Use only one Test
Strip Edge per test. Do not apply
blood to both edges. Test strips
may be used only once. Discard
used test strips.
Edge of test strip
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