OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex - Blood Glucose Meter Quick Start Guide

Parts and Controls

Intended use

The OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex™ Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used for the quantitative measurement of glucose (sugar) in fresh capillary whole blood samples drawn from the fingertip.

The OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex™ Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended for self-testing outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use) by people with diabetes at home as an aid to monitor effectiveness of diabetes control.

Limitations
The OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex™ Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used by a single patient and should not be shared. Do not use on multiple patients. The OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex™ System is not to be used for the diagnosis or screening of diabetes or for neonatal use. The OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex™ System is not for use on critically ill patients, patients in shock, severely dehydrated patients or hyperosmolar patients (with or without ketosis). Do Not use the OneTouch Ultra Plus Flex™ System for alternate site testing (AST).
PLEASE REFER TO YOUR OWNER'S BOOKLET FOR ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS OF USE.

Set the time and date on your device

Turn it on
Press and hold until the start-up screen appears.
Use buttons to edit each setting and press to confirm.

Set the time on the first SET screen

• Hour flashes. Press if correct or edit and confirm.
  
• Minutes flash. Press if correct or edit and confirm.
• AM/PM flashes. Press if correct or edit and confirm.
  

Set the date on the next SET screen

• Year flashes. Press if correct or edit and confirm.
• Month flashes. Press if correct or edit and confirm.
  
• Day flashes. Press if correct or edit and confirm.

Ready to test
Your meter setup is complete when the screen with 3 dashes appears.

Take a test

Insert a test strip (blue side and 2 silver prongs facing you) to turn the meter on.

Apply blood sample to the channel on either side of the test strip. Wait for the channel to fill. The channel turns red and the meter counts down from 5 to 1.

View your reading

Your reading appears on the display. The Range Indicator arrow points to the blue, green, or red Range Indicator color bar, to let you know your reading is below, within, or above your range limit.

Optional: Connect to a mobile device

Your meter comes with Bluetooth technology. This allows you to wirelessly send your readings to a mobile device such as a phone or a tablet, where you can view and graph them.

To learn more about using your meter's wireless feature and view a complete listing of compatible devices and software applications, visit us at www.OneTouch.com.

Connecting your unit

Press and at the same time to turn the Bluetooth feature on and off. When prompted by your mobile device, enter the PIN shown on your meter into your device.

The symbol means Bluetooth is on.

Example of a PIN number.

Meter symbols

	Meter power		Bluetooth® feature on
	Low battery		History Mode (past readings)
	Battery empty		Apply sample
	Control solution		Range Indicator arrow
	Syncing	SET	Setting mode

About the Range Indicator

Your meter comes with a Range Indicator that automatically lets you know if your reading is below, above or within your range limits. The high and low range limits used by the Range Indicator are pre-set as follows:

For details about changing the pre-set range limits to suit your needs, refer to your Owner's Booklet.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

• Refer to the User Guide or Owner's Booklet for important information about cleaning and disinfecting your meter, lancing device and caps.
• After use and exposure to blood, all parts of this kit are considered biohazardous. A used kit may potentially transmit infectious diseases even after you have performed cleaning and disinfection.

For more information see: FDA Public Health Notification: "Use of Fingerstick Devices on More than One Person Poses Risk for Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens: Initial Communication" (2010) http://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170111013014/ http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm224025.htm.

CDC website on "Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration" (2010) http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/blood-glucose-monitoring.html.

The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by LifeScan Scotland Ltd. is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

As your partner in diabetes care, we welcome you to contact us (7 days a week, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Eastern Time) at 1 888 567-3003 (English), 1 888 567-3010 (Español), or www.OneTouch.com.

Manufactured by:
LifeScan Europe GmbH
Gubelstrasse 34
6300 Zug
Switzerland

OneTouch®
© 2018–2022 LifeScan IP Holdings, LLC

Documents / Resources

References

• OneTouch® | Glucose Meters, Test Strips & Diabetes Management
• Archive-It Wayback Machine
• Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration | Injection Safety | CDC

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