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 lancing device with a drum loaded to run a blood test.
1. To make sure the display is working
properly, turn off the meter, then
press and hold to see the
complete display. All segments
should be clear and look exactly like
the picture. If any segments are
missing from the display, there may
be a problem with the meter. Call
the ACCU-CHEK Customer Care
Service Center at 1-800-858-8072.
Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar
2. Wash your hands with warm soapy
water and dry thoroughly. Dirty or
wet hands could affect results.
3. Prepare the lancing device.
4. Insert the test strip into the meter
in the direction of the arrows. The
meter turns on.
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5. 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.