Bayer HealthCare CONTOUR TS Quick Reference Manual

Your C TS Meter:
ONTOUR
Display
Button
Button
(On/Off,
(Scroll)
Memory
Recall,
Orange
Set)
Test Strip Port
Your
Gray Electrode
End: This end
Contour TS
(with the gray
Test Strip:
end facing up) is
Sample Tip: The
inserted into the
end of the test
orange test strip
strip where the
port on the meter.
blood is drawn in.
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Inserting the Test Strip:
Remove a test strip from the bottle and
fi rmly snap the lid closed. Never
store test strips outside the bottle!
Hold the test strip
with the gray end
facing up and
insert it into the
orange test strip
port. No coding
required!
A test strip with a
fl ashing blood
drop will appear
letting you know
the meter is ready
to test.
Getting the Blood Drop:
Press the lancing
device fi rmly
against the punc-
ture site and press
the release button.
Test immediately
after you have
formed a blood
drop. Only 0.6 µL
is needed for a Suggested Actual Drop Size
test.
Testing Your Blood:
Hold the meter
with the orange
test strip port
pointing down
or toward
you. Im-
mediately
touch the tip
of the test strip to the drop of blood.
The blood is drawn into the test strip
through the tip.
Hold the tip of the
test strip in the
blood drop until
the meter beeps
and the 8 second
countdown be-
gins. Make sure
the orange test
strip port is point-
ing down.
Your test result is displayed and auto-
matically stored in the meter memory.
To turn your me-
ter off, simply
remove the test
strip. Carefully
dispose of the
used test strip.