Information About Your Prodigy ® Meter; Comparing Meter And Laboratory Results - Prodigy Autocode Owner's Manual

PRODIGY Blood Glucose Meters
®
v The control solution test is out of range.
Probable Cause
Error in performing
the test.
Control solution bottle
not shaken well.
Expired or contaminated
control solution.
Control solution that is
too warm or too cold.
Test strip deterioration.
Meter malfunction.
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Action
Read the instructions
thoroughly and repeat
the test again.
Shake the control solution bottle
vigorously and repeat
the test again.
Check the expiration date or
the discard date of the control
solution.
Control Solution, meter,
and test strips should come
to room temperature
(68 –77°F/20 –25°C)
before testing.
Please repeat the test with a
new test strip.
Please contact Customer Care
at 1.800.243.2636
for assistance.
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Comparing Meter and Laboratory Results

The test results you obtain from your meter may differ somewhat from
your laboratory results due to normal variation. Meter results can be
affected by factors and conditions that do not affect laboratory results
in the same way (see test strip package insert for typical accuracy
and precision data as well as important information on limitations).
To make an accurate comparison between meter and laboratory
results, follow the guidelines below.
Before you go to the laboratory:
• Perform a control solution test to make sure that the meter is
working properly.
• It is strongly recommended to fast for at least eight (8) hours
before doing comparison tests.
• Take your meter with you to the laboratory.
While at the laboratory:
• Make sure that the samples for both tests (the meter test and the
laboratory test) are taken and tested within 15 minutes of each
other.
• Wash your hands before obtaining a blood sample.
• Never use your meter with blood that has been collected in a gray
top test tube.
• Use fresh capillary blood only.
You may still have a variation from the result because blood
glucose levels can change significantly over short periods,
especially if you have recently eaten, exercised, taken medication or
experienced stress. In addition, if you have eaten recently, the blood
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glucose level from a finger stick can be up to 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L)
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