Running A Blood Sugar Test With Blood From Your Fingertip - Accu-Chek Aviva Owner's Booklet

Running a Blood Sugar Test with Blood from Your Fingertip

Before you run your first blood test, set up your meter correctly and run a control test.
You need the meter, a test strip, and a lancet device with a drum loaded to run a blood test.
1. Wash your hands with warm
soapy water and dry.
2. Put a test strip into the meter
in the direction of the arrow.
The meter turns on.
Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar
3. Make sure the code number on
the display matches the code
number on the test strip
container. If you miss seeing
the code number, remove the
test strip and reinsert it into
the meter.
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4. When the blood drop flashes,
obtain a drop of blood from
your fingertip. (To test from
sites other than your fingertip,
see the section later in this
chapter.)