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NOTE: If the highlight
is over an item that has
previously been selected,
you will see a red “X”
instead of “OK.”
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Reminder
Notes
14.0
mmol
L
High Blood Sugar
Before Meal
After Meal
Time After Meal
Don’t Feel Right
Sick
Stress
Activity
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WARNING
Shake the control solution well before testing.
WARNING
• Do not calibrate your continuous glucose monitoring
device from a control result.
• Do not calculate a bolus based on a control result.
®
Testing in the Dark
Control Solution Testing
Testing in the Dark
Your meter has a lighted test strip port to help you test in
the dark.
• With the meter off, give the top Menu button two quick
presses to turn on the test strip port light.
• Insert a test strip and the display screen appears.
• Once blood is applied to the test strip, the light goes off.
• Continue with your test.
• Two quick presses of the top Menu button also turns off
thelight.
Control Solution Testing
CAUTION: Use only CONTOUR
®
NEXT control solution
from Bayer (Normal, Low and High) with your
C
ONTOUR
®
NEXT LINK blood glucose monitoring system.
Using anything other than CONTOUR NEXT control solution
can cause inaccurate results.
CAUTION: Check the expiry date on the test strip bottle
and the expiry date and discard date on the control solution
bottle. DO NOT use expired materials.
Quality Control
You should perform a control test when:
• using your meter for the first time
• you open a new bottle or package of test strips
• you think your meter may not be working correctly
• you have repeated, unexpected blood glucose results
Normal, Low and High control solutions are available separately
if not included in the meter kit. Always use C
ONTOUR NEXT
control solutions from Bayer. Other brands
could present incorrect results. If you need help
locating CONTOUR NEXT control solutions from
Bayer, contact Bayer Customer Service. Please
see back cover for contact information.
1. Remove the test strip from the bottle and
firmly snap the lid closed.
• If AutoLog is ON and you
did not mark your result
before the high or low alert
appeared, select Notes.
• Press the  or  button to
scroll through the choices.
• Press
OK when your choice
is highlighted.
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