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  • Page 1 Blood Glucose & Ketone Monitoring System User’ s Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Welcome Important Things to Know about Your Precision Xtra Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System Intended Use How Your Precision Xtra Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System Works Precision Xtra Kit Contents Getting to Know Your Monitor’s Features...
  • Page 3 Doing A Control Solution Test Why Do A Control Solution Test? When Is Doing A Control Solution Test Recommended? Important Information about Control Solution Testing What You Will Need How to Do Control Solution Testing Understanding Your Result Reviewing & Using Your Results What Can Your Monitor Show You? How to See Results in Memory How to See Averages...

  • Page 4: Welcome

    Welcome Thank you for choosing the Precision Xtra® Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System. Important steps for using the System are inside this guide. Please read it carefully. Your new Precision Xtra Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System is an important tool that can help you better manage your diabetes.
  • Page 5 In the United States, call Customer Care at 1-800-527-3339 with any questions you may have about the Precision Xtra Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System. We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you cannot reach Customer Care, contact your healthcare professional.

  • Page 6: Important Things To Know About Your

    Measures β-hydroxybutyrate (β-Ketone), the most important of the three ketone bodies circulating in the bloodstream. • Is for use with Precision Xtra™ or Precision® Point of Care Blood Glucose Test Strips and Precision Xtra™ Blood β-Ketone Test Strips. • Precision Xtra™ and Precision® Point of Care Blood Glucose Test Strips are different. Please refer to your test strip instructions for use for important information about sample types that may be used with these test strips.

  • Page 7: How Your Precision Xtra Blood Glucose And Ketone Monitoring System Works

    How Your Precision Xtra Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System Works When you insert a test strip into your monitor, the Apply Sample message shows on your monitor’ s display window. When a blood sample or control solution sample is applied to the test strip, the glucose or β-Ketone reacts with the...

  • Page 8: Getting To Know Your Monitor's Features

    Getting to Know Your Monitor’s Features Display Backlight Window Button Display Window Back Button This shows: • Blood glucose and blood β-Ketone results. • Glucose LOT numbers and blood β-Ketone calibration CODEs • Previous test results and error messages. Mode Strip •...
  • Page 9 IMPORTANT: Avoid getting dust, dirt, blood, control solution, water, or any other substance in the receiver's test strip port or data port. Strip Port This is where you insert: • A blood glucose test strip • A blood β-Ketone test strip •...

  • Page 10: Setting Up Your Precision Xtra Monitor

    CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your Questions? Call Precision Xtra Monitor Customer Care: 1-800-527-3339 Buttons to Use Mode Button Forward Button Back Button Setup Options Set Beeper If the beeper is set ON, it will beep when: • The calibrator is fully inserted •...

  • Page 11: How To Set The Beeper, Date, Time, & View

    Set Date Format In "Set Date Format", you choose how the month and day show on the monitor’s display window. Measurement Units Blood glucose measurement units are factory-set in mg/dL or mmol/L. Blood β-Ketone measurement units are in mmol/L only. How to Set the Beeper, Date, Time, &...

  • Page 12: Set Time

    To turn your monitor ON, Press and Hold the button. The beeper ON message shows on the display window. The musical notes flash on and off, and the monitor beeps. To change the beeper setting, Press and Release the button or the button once.

  • Page 13: Set Date

    Minutes: The Minutes flash on and off. Press and Release the button to move the minutes forward. If you go past the correct minute, Press and Release the button to move the minutes back. Press and Release the button to save the minutes and to move to Set Date.
  • Page 14 Month: The Month flashes on and off. Press and Release the button to move the month forward. If you go past the correct month, Press and Release the button to move the month back. Press and Release the button to save the month and to move to Set Day.

  • Page 15: Set Time Format

    Set Time Format Choice #1 You have two choices: Choice #1: For the 12-hour format, AM or PM shows. Choice #2: For the 24-hour format, AM or PM does not show. To change the Time Format, Press and Release the button or the button once.

  • Page 16: Blood Glucose Measurement Units

    Blood Glucose Measurement Units Consult your healthcare professional if you have any questions about the blood glucose measurement units. For mg/dL or mmol/L: This screen shows the blood glucose measurement units (mg/dL or mmol/L). Press and Release the button to return to Set Beeper.

  • Page 17: Calibrating Your Precision Xtra Monitor

    CHAPTER 3 Questions? Call Calibrating Your Customer Care: Precision Xtra Monitor 1-800-527-3339 Why Calibrate Your Monitor? Calibration ensures that your results are accurate. When to Calibrate Your Monitor • When you use the monitor for the first time • EACH time you open and use a new box of blood glucose or blood β-Ketone test strips...
  • Page 18 IMPORTANT: Use only the calibrator that is packaged in the box of test strips you are using. Do not use test strips that have expired. Check the expiration date on the test strip foil packet and test strip box. If only the year and month are shown, the expiration date is the last day of the month.
  • Page 19 Check that the LOT number on all these items matches: ✓ Display window ✓ Test strip calibrator ✓ Test strip instructions for use ✓ Test strip foil packet When the LOT number on all these items matches: What It Means: Calibration is complete.

  • Page 20: How To Recall The Lot Number

    How to Recall the LOT Number or Calibration Code To recall the glucose LOT number, Press and Hold the button. While holding the button, Press and Hold button. The Display Check shows on the display window, then the glucose LOT number shows with the time, month, and day of the most recent glucose calibration.

  • Page 21: Monitoring Your Blood Glucose

    What You Will Need • Blood glucose test strip with its instructions for use • Precision Xtra monitor calibrated to match the LOT number of the blood glucose test strip you are using • Lancing device and a new, sterile lancet...

  • Page 22: How To Monitor Your Blood Glucose

    How to Monitor Your Blood Glucose Getting Started Prepare your lancing device. Wash your hands using warm soapy water and dry them completely. Remove the test strip from its foil packet. Note: For pictures that show how to open the blood glucose test strip foil packet, please see the information card in the box of blood glucose test strips.
  • Page 23 • Time, month, and day (if set) If date and time are not set, dashes will show instead of numbers. • LOT number for the box of blood glucose test strips you are using. • Apply Sample message, which tells you that the monitor is ready for you to apply blood to the blood glucose test strip.

  • Page 24: Obtaining A Blood Drop

    Obtaining A Blood Drop Use your lancing device to obtain a blood drop. Recommendations for Obtaining a Blood Drop • To obtain a sample from an alternative site (forearm, upper arm, or base of the thumb), use an appropriate alternative site lancing device.
  • Page 25 Lancets and Lancing Device • Lancets are for one-time use only. Use a new lancet each time you monitor. • Discard your used lancet properly. Put it in an empty puncture-resistant container, such as a plastic milk carton or detergent bottle. •...
  • Page 26 Important: If the countdown does not start: What It Means: Correct You might not have applied enough ✔ blood to the test strip. What to Do: • Apply a second drop of blood to the test strip. Refer to your test strip instructions for use for the number of seconds you have to apply a second drop.

  • Page 27: Understanding Your Result

    Shutting Off Your Monitor Removing the test strip from the strip port turns off the monitor. You can use the opened foil packet to remove and discard your used test strip. Discard the test strip properly. Note: You may also turn the monitor off by Pressing and Holding the button.
  • Page 28 Result 300 mg/dL or Higher When your blood glucose result is 300 mg/dL (16.7 mmol/L) or higher, KETONES? flashes on and off on the display window. What to Do: If you check your ketones as part of your diabetes management program, it is recommended that you check your blood β-Ketone.
  • Page 29 "E4" Result What It Means: Your blood glucose may be too high to be read by the system, or there may be a problem with the test strip. What to Do: Monitor your blood glucose again with a new test strip. If E4 shows on the display window again, contact your healthcare professional immediately.

  • Page 30: Monitoring Your Blood Β-Ketone

    What You Will Need • Blood β-Ketone test strip with its instructions for use. • Precision Xtra monitor calibrated to match the LOT number of the blood β-Ketone test strip you are using. • Lancing device and a new, sterile lancet.
  • Page 31 • Do not use a wet, bent, scratched, or damaged test strip. • Do not use the test strip if its foil packet has a puncture or tear in it. • Use each test strip only once. • Before you monitor your blood β-ketone, allow your monitor and test strip to reach the recommended operating temperature range of the test strip.

  • Page 32: How To Monitor Your Blood Β-Ketone

    How to Monitor Your Blood β-Ketone Getting Started Prepare your lancing device. Wash your hands using warm soapy water and dry them completely. Remove the test strip from its foil packet. Note: For pictures that show how to open the blood β-Ketone test strip foil packet, please see the information card in the box of blood β-Ketone test strips.
  • Page 33 • Time, month, and day (if set) If date and time are not set, dashes will show instead of numbers. • LOT number (CODE) for the box of blood β-Ketone test strips you are using. • KETONE and Apply Sample message, which tell you that the monitor is ready for you to apply blood to the blood β-Ketone...
  • Page 34 Recommendations for Obtaining A Blood Drop • Before you obtain a blood sample from the fingertip, make sure the sample site is clean, dry, and warm. To warm the sample site, wash it in warm water or rub the skin vigorously for a few seconds. •...
  • Page 35 Continue to touch the blood drop to the white area at the end of the test strip until the monitor Status bar begins the test. The monitor begins the test when: • You hear the beeper, if the beeper is ON. •...

  • Page 36: Understanding Your Result

    Shutting Off Your Monitor Removing the test strip from the strip port turns off the monitor. You can use the opened foil packet to remove and discard your used test strip. Discard the test strip properly. Note: You may also turn the monitor off by Pressing and Holding the button.
  • Page 37 When: • Blood β-Ketone result remains high or becomes higher than 1.5 mmol/L: What It Means: You may be at risk of developing diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). What to Do: Contact your healthcare professional immediately. "HI" Result What It Means: Your monitor has determined that your blood β-Ketone result is higher than 8.0 mmol/L, or there may be a problem with the test strip.
  • Page 38 "E-4" Result What It Means: There may be a problem with the test strip. What to Do: Monitor your blood β-Ketone again with a new test strip. If E-4 shows on the display window again, contact your healthcare professional immediately. IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you repeat the blood β-Ketone test with a new test strip when: •...

  • Page 39: Doing A Control Solution Test

    CHAPTER 6 Questions? Call Doing A Control Solution Test Customer Care: 1-800-527-3339 Why Do A Control Solution Test? The control solution test tells you that your monitor and test strips are working correctly. A control solution test is similar to when you monitor your blood glucose or blood β-Ketone, except you use a Precision or MediSense Control Solution.

  • Page 40: What You Will Need

    Do not inject the control solution or use the control solution as eye drops. What You Will Need • Precision Xtra monitor calibrated to match the LOT number of the test strip you are using • Blood glucose or blood β-Ketone test strip and its instructions for use •...
  • Page 41 Insert the three black lines at the end of the test strip into the strip port. Push the test strip in until it stops. The monitor turns on automatically. These items show on the display window, one after the other: •...

  • Page 42: Applying Control Solution To The Test Strip

    To mark the test as a control test, Press and Release the button once. shows on the display window. Important: If you do not mark the test as a control test, it will be saved in your monitor’s memory as one of your personal blood glucose or blood β-Ketone results.
  • Page 43 Note: Do not remove the test strip from the monitor or disturb it during the countdown. Important: If the countdown does not start: What It Means: Glucose You might not have applied enough control solution to the test strip. What to Do: •...

  • Page 44: Understanding Your Result

    Shutting Off Your Monitor Removing the test strip from the strip port turns off the monitor. You can use the opened foil packet to remove and discard your used test strip. Discard the test strip properly. Note: You may also turn the monitor off by Pressing and Holding the button.

  • Page 45: Reviewing & Using Your Results

    1-800-527-3339 What Can Your Monitor Show You? Memory Your Precision Xtra monitor has a memory that stores up to 450 events. This is a combination of control results, your personal blood glucose and blood β-Ketone results, and other monitor information.

  • Page 46: How To See Results In Memory

    How to See Results in Memory Begin with your monitor turned off. Make sure there is nothing in the strip port. Press and Release the button. • The Display Check shows on the display window. • Then your most recent result shows with its units on the monitor’s display window, along with the time, month, and day that you got the result.
  • Page 47 A control solution result in Memory shows with a control bottle, as long as you marked the test as a control solution test. Glucose control β-Ketone control solution result solution result in Memory in Memory To review previous results, Press and Release the button once per result.

  • Page 48: How To See Averages

    How to See Averages Important: • Results that show as LO during blood glucose monitoring are included as 20 mg/dL (1.1 mmol/L) in blood glucose averages. • Results that show as HI during blood glucose monitoring are included as 500 mg/dL (27.8 mmol/L) in blood glucose averages.

  • Page 49: Transferring Your Results To A Computer

    Press and Release the button at any time to return to Memory. Press and Hold the button to turn off your monitor. Otherwise, the monitor turns off after 30 seconds. Transferring Your Results to a Computer Download of test results to a computer requires a compatible data management system.

  • Page 50: Understanding & Troubleshooting Error Messages

    CHAPTER 8 Questions? Call Understanding & Customer Care: Troubleshooting 1-800-527-3339 Error Messages There are times when error messages may show on your monitor’s display window. In the next few pages, we describe the error messages that may show on your monitor’s display window, what they mean, and what you need to do.
  • Page 51 What It What You Message Means Need to Do Monitor error. • Turn the monitor off, then repeat previous monitoring steps. • If the error message appears again, contact Customer Care. • There may be a Review the monitoring instructions. problem with the test strip.
  • Page 52 Customer Care. Test strip error. • Monitor again using a test strip designed for Test strip is use with Precision Xtra damaged, used, or monitors. the monitor does • If the error message not recognize it. appears again, contact...
  • Page 53 What It What You Message Means Need to Do Monitor error. • Remove test strip, turn monitor off, and try to monitor again. • If the error message appears again, contact Customer Care. Monitor error. • Remove test strip, turn monitor off, and try to monitor again.

  • Page 54: Your Monitor's Specifications & Limitations

    CHAPTER 9 Your Monitor’s Questions? Call Specifications Customer Care: 1-800-527-3339 & Limitations Size Length: 2.94" (7.47 cm) Width: 2.10" (5.33 cm) 1.70" (4.32 cm) Thickness: 0.64" (1.63 cm) Weight 1.41-1.62 ounces (40-46 grams ) Power Source One CR 2032 Lithium (coin cell) battery Battery Life Approximately 1,000 tests Memory...
  • Page 55 Functions - Blood glucose monitoring - Blood β-Ketone monitoring - Memory 450 events - Glucose averaging: 7-Day, 14-Day, and 30-Day Averages - Control solution marking and testing - Backlight: If ON – Stays ON during countdown; turns OFF 30 seconds after result is displayed.

  • Page 56: Important Information About Using Blood

    Important Information about Using Blood Samples from the Forearm, Upper Arm, or Base of the Thumb: • Contact your healthcare professional before you begin using any one of these alternative sites to test your blood glucose. • Sampling from any one of these alternative sites may cause minor bruising and may leave marks that go away in a short time.

  • Page 57: Caring For Your Monitor

    CHAPTER 10 Questions? Call Caring For Customer Care: Your Monitor 1-800-527-3339 Cleaning Your Monitor Store your monitor in its carrying case. If the surface of your monitor gets dirty, you may clean it. Use a damp cloth and mild soap. Healthcare professionals: Acceptable cleaning solutions include 10% Bleach, 70% Alcohol, or 10% Ammonia.

  • Page 58: Replacing Your Monitor's Battery

    How to Replace Your Monitor's Battery If your monitor has a plastic tab, If your monitor has no plastic tab use these directions. follow these directions. Gently push Gently push the battery the battery cover in and cover in and up with your up with your thumb.
  • Page 59 Place the notches on the battery cover into the appropriate molded areas. Gently push the battery cover in and down until you hear a click. Press and Hold the button to turn your monitor on. If your monitor does not turn on, review the battery installation steps and reinstall the battery.

  • Page 60: References

    References 1. Schade DS, Eaton RP. Metabolic and clinical significance of ketosis. Special Topics in Endocrinology and Metabolism 1982; 4:1–27. 2. Wiggam MI, O’Kane MJ, Harper R, Atkinson AB, Hadden DR, Trimble ER, Bell PM. Treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis using normalization of blood 3-hydroxybutyrate concentration as the endpoint of emergency management.
  • Page 61 Customer Care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-527-3339 or visit us online at: AbbottDiabetesCare.com For in vitro diagnostic use. Reorder No.: 70297-02 MediSense, Precision and Precision Xtra are trademarks of the Abbott Group of Companies in various jurisdictions. © 2008 Abbott ART21070-101 Rev. A 11/09...

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