Bayer HealthCare CONTOUR NEXT User Manual page 3

of clinical conditions that may adversely affect the measurement
of glucose in peripheral blood.
Talk to Your Health Care Professional
• Before setting any Target ranges on your meter,
• Before changing your medication based on test results,
• If your blood sugar reading is under 2.8 mmol/L follow medical
advice immediately,
• If your blood sugar reading is over 13.9 mmol/L, wash and dry
your hands well and repeat the test with a new strip. If you
get a similar result, call your health care professional as soon
as possible,
• About whether Alternative Site Testing (AST) is appropriate for you.
Potential Biohazard
• Always wash and dry your hands well with soap and water before
and after testing, handling the meter, lancing device or test strips.
• The meter, lancing device and lancets provided by Bayer are for
single-patient use. Do not share them with anyone including other
family members. Do not use on multiple patients.
• All parts of this kit are considered biohazardous and can
potentially transmit infectious diseases, even after you have
performed cleaning and disinfection. For instructions, please
see Cleaning and Disinfection, page 22.
• The lancing device provided by Bayer should not be used for
assisted blood draws by health care professionals or at health
care provision sites.
• Use a new lancet each time you test because it is no longer sterile
after use.
• Always dispose of test strips and lancets as medical waste or as
advised by your health care professional. All products that come
in contact with human blood should be handled as if capable of
transmitting infectious diseases.
• Keep out of reach of children. This kit contains small parts which
could cause suffocation if accidentally swallowed.
• Keep batteries away from children. Lithium batteries are
poisonous. If swallowed, immediately contact your poison
control center.
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