Coding Your Meter - OneTouch UltraEasy User Manual

Coding your meter

Have these things ready when you test your blood glucose level:
• OneTouch® UltraEasy® Meter
• OneTouch® Ultra® Test Strips
NOTE:
• Use only OneTouch® Ultra® Test Strips with your OneTouch® UltraEasy® Meter.
• Make sure your meter and test strips are about the same temperature before you test.
• Testing must be done within the operating temperature range (6–44°C). For the most accurate results, try to test as close to room
temperature (20–25°C) as you can.
 CAUTION: If you cannot test due to a problem with your testing supplies, contact your healthcare professional or OneTouch® Customer
Care 0800 121200 (UK) or 1800 535676 (Ireland). Failure to test could delay treatment decisions and lead to a serious medical condition.
 Check the code on the test strip vial before inserting the test strip
Code numbers are used to calibrate your meter with the test strips you are using to obtain accurate test results.
You must code the meter before using it for the first time and then every time you change to another vial of
test strips.
 CAUTION: The test strip vial contains drying agents that are harmful if inhaled or swallowed
and may cause skin or eye irritation.
 Insert a test strip to turn on the meter
Start with the meter off. If you have turned the meter on to change settings or review past results, turn it off.
Remove a test strip from its vial. With clean, dry hands, you may touch the test strip anywhere on its surface.
Do Not bend, cut or modify the test strips in any way. Use each test strip immediately after removing it from
the vial.
Hold the meter as shown and insert the test strip into the test port. Make sure the three contact bars are facing
you. Push the test strip in as far as it will go. Do Not bend the test strip.
SET TING THE TIME AND DATE , AND CODING YOUR METER
• Lancing device
• Sterile lancets with protective disks
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• OneTouch® Ultra® Control Solution