CONTOUR NEXT GEN - Blood Glucose Monitoring System Quick Reference Guide

CONTOUR NEXT GEN - Blood Glucose Monitoring System Quick Reference Guide

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CONTOUR NEXT GEN - Blood Glucose Monitoring System Quick Reference Guide

Overview

CONTOUR® NEXT GEN meter works with the CONTOUR® Diabeted app available for dowload from App StoreSM or on Google PayTM.
Uses only CONTOUR® NEXT blood glucose test strips.

Overview

Grey Square End: Insert this end into the test strip port
Sample Tip: Blood sample pulled in here

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NOTE: Your meter comes with a pre-set time, date, and target range. You can change these features in Settings .


Your CONTOUR NEXT GEN meter works only with CONTOUR®NEXT test strips and CONTOUR®NEXT control solution.


Read your CONTOUR® NEXT GEN user guide for the Intended Use of the meter and a list of Important Safety Information, Warnings, and Precautions.

Turn the Meter On and Off

  • Press and hold the OK button for about 3 seconds until your meter turns On or Off.
  • Inserting a test strip into the meter will also turn the meter On.
  • Press OK twice when the meter is Off to turn On the white test strip port light.

Home Screen

Home Screen
The Home screen has 2 options: Logbook and Settings .

  • Press the button until the option you want is blinking.
  • To see your past readings and Averages, press the OK button while Logbook is blinking. See Logbook and View Averages.
  • To change your Settings, press the OK button when Settings is blinking. See Settings.

For a table of symbols, see Your Meter Display on the second side.

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NOTE: When a symbol is blinking, you can select it.

Fingertip Testing


Refer to your lancing device insert for detailed instructions on preparing the lancing device.


Potential Biohazard

  • Always wash your hands with antibacterial soap and water and dry them well before and after testing or handling the meter, lancing device, or test strips.
  • All parts of this kit are considered biohazardous and can potentially transmit infectious diseases.

For more information, refer to the Contour Next GEN user guide.


The lancing device provided with your kit is intended for use by a single patient.

  1. Prepare the lancing device. Refer to your lancing device insert for detailed instructions.
  2. Insert the grey square end of a new test strip firmly into the test strip port until the meter beeps.

Fingertip Testing


The meter turns On and displays the Apply Blood screen. The meter is now ready to test a blood drop.

  1. Use your lancing device to get a drop of blood from your fingertip.
  2. Stroke your hand and finger toward the puncture site to form a drop of blood.
  3. Immediately touch the tip of the test strip to the drop of blood.


For instructions on removing the lancet from your lancing device, see the lancing device insert.

Second-Chance® sampling

Second-Chance® sampling
If the meter beeps twice and the screen displays a blinking blood drop with a plus sign, the test strip does not have enough blood.
Do not remove the strip.
You have 60 seconds to apply more blood to the same test strip.

Meal Markers

When Meal Markers are On, you can mark readings as Fasting , Before Meal , or Afte r Meal . See Turn Meal Markers On.

smart LIGHTTM target range indicator

The meter displays your result with the units, time, date, and target indicator:


Above Target Range


In Target Range


Below Target Range

The test strip port light displays a colour that indicates if your reading is above, in, or below your personal Target Range.

Logbook

Logbook

  1. To turn on your meter, press and hold the OK button for 3 seconds. The Logbook is blinking.
  2. To view your Logbook entries, press the OK button to enter the Logbook.
  3. To scroll through the Logbook , press the or button. To scroll quickly through entries, press and hold the or button.
  4. To exit the Logbook and return to the H o m e screen at any time, press the OK button.

View Averages

View Averages

  1. To enter the Logbook from the Home screen, press the OK button while the Logbook is blinking.
  2. To view your Averages, press the button from the first Logbook screen.
  3. To scroll through your 7-, 14-, 30-, and 90-day Averages, press the button.
  4. To return to your readings, press thebutton on the 7d Avg (7-day Average).
  5. To exit Averages and return to the Home screen at any time, press the OK button.

Settings

You can change the settings for:

  • Date : Change format and date.
  • Time : Change format and time.
  • Meal Markers : Turn Meal Markers On or Off.
  • Bluetooth ® wireless technology : Turn Bluetooth wireless functionality On or Off.
  • smartLIGHT feature : Turn smartLIGHT feature On or Off. See smartLIGHT target range indicator.
  • Target Ranges : View and change Target Ranges.
  • Sound : Turn Sound On or Off.
  • Reminder : Turn the Reminder feature On or Off.

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NOTE: To change the meter time and date, see the user guide.

To change meter settings:
To change meter settings

  1. To highlight the Settings symbol from the Home screen, press the button.
  2. When the Settings symbol is blinking, press the OK button to enter Settings .

Need Help?

For more information, go to
www.diabetes.ascensia.com .
Contact Customer Service at 1-800-268-7200.

Your meter is preset and locked to display results in mmol/L.
If your result is in mg/dL, contact Customer Service at 1-800-268-7200.

Manufactured for:
Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG
Peter Merian-Strasse 90
4052 Basel, Switzerland

For in vitro diagnostic use.
For information on patents and related licenses, see
www.patents.ascensia.com .

Ascensia, the Ascensia Diabetes Care logo, Contour, Microlet, the No Coding logo, Second-Chance, the Second-Chance sampling logo, Smartcolour, and Smartlight are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG.

TM see www.ascensiadiabetes.ca/tm-mc

Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by Ascensia Diabetes Care is under license.
Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. (® = registered trademark. TM = unregistered trademark. SM = service mark.)
All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners and are used solely for informative purposes. No relationship or endorsement should be inferred or implied.

© 2020 Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG.
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Rev. 09/20

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