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Residues of water or disinfectant on the skin can dilute the drop
of blood and so produce false results.
Always turn the meter off by pressing the Test button, so as to
eject the test strip. Do not pull the test strip out. If you do pull the
used test strip out, blood can enter the meter and contaminate it.
Dispose of used lancets or disposable finger prickers and used
test strips according to local hygiene and safety regulations.
The test strip cannot properly draw up blood that has spread over
the skin.
Wrong
Drop of blood
that has spread
If you collect blood from an earlobe, be sure that the blood is on
top and not hanging from the earlobe. Hold the earlobe or posi-
tion the patient so the puncture site is on top.
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