Owner`s manual

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BEFORE TESTING
Display Self-Checks
Each time you insert a test strip, the meter
displays “CH” and “ ”. This tells you that
the system is performing several self-checks.
About the Control Solutions
Our control solutions contain a known amount of glucose
that reacts with test strips. By comparing your control solu-
tion test results with the expected range printed on the test
strip vial label, it is able to check that the meter and the test
strips are working together as a system and that you are
performing the test correctly. It is very important that you do
this simple check routinely to make sure you get accurate
results.
How often the control solution test should perform?
When you use this system to test your blood for the rst
time, practice the procedure using control solution. When
you can do three tests in a row that are within the ex-
pected range, you are ready to test your blood.
For routinely check the meter and test strips, perform a
single test for each level of control solution at least once
a week.
When the control solution test should perform?
When you rst get your Glucose Meter.
When you begin using a new vial of test strips.