Freestyle Freedom Getting Started Manual

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Getting Started Guide
IMPORTANT:
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Set-up the FreeStyle®

Lancing Device

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To ensure accurate results, clean your hands and the testing site (for example,
your forearm) and dry thoroughly before testing.
Snap off the cap on the lancing
device at an angle.
Insert a new FreeStyle Lancet firmly
into the white lancet-holder cup.
Hold lancet firmly in place
with one hand; use your
other hand to twist off
the rounded top.
Replace the cap until it snaps
or clicks into place. Be careful
not to touch the exposed needle
on the lancet.
Cocking Handle
Depth Settings Dial
Depth Indicator Window
Release Button
Clear Cap (for testing sites
other than the fingers)
Look in the window of the lancing
device and turn the settings dial
to set the depth level.
Pull the dark Cocking Handle out
until it clicks. You may have already
cocked the device when you inserted
the lancet. Set lancing device aside,
proceed to the next step.
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Prepare Your
FreeStyle Freedom Meter
IMPORTANT:
the display should match the code
number on the side of your test strip
vial. They must always match, or your
results will be inaccurate.
Be ready to adjust the code on the
meter to match the code number
on the test strip vial. The picture on
the left is only an example.
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Continue on Other Side
The code number on
Insert a new test strip into the
meter every time you test. The
meter will turn on.
Top
Insert only the Top end of
test strip into the meter.
Bottom
When you see the word "COdE"
and a code number on the meter
display, use the "c" button to scroll
forward or the "m" button to scroll
backward to the number that
matches the number on your test
strip vial. The picture to the left is
an example. Your meter may have
a different number.
Wait until you see the "blood drop
and test strip" symbols appear on
the meter display screen BEFORE
lancing your test site. Set meter
aside, proceed to the next step.