User guide

For complete instructions on disinfecting and cleaning
your meter and lancing device, please see page 16.
WARNING: Do not allow solution to run down into the
test strip port or around the buttons. Doing so may
cause a malfunction.
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Transferring Results to a Computer
Technical Information
Transferring Results to a Computer:
You can easily transfer test results
from the
CONTOUR
®
LINK meter
to a computer that includes the
Bayer's
GLUCOFACTS
®
DELUXE
Diabetes Management
Software or Medtronic
CareLink
®
Therapy Management
Software. The results can then be
summarized into easy-to-read reports that you can share
with your physician. A Bayer data cable is required to use
this feature.
For more information, call our Bayer Diabetes Care
Customer Service at 1-800-348-8100 (available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week), or visit our website at
www.bayerdiabetes.com/us.
For CareLink information, visit www.medtronicdiabetes.com.
NOTE: If the cable is connected to the data port (even if the
cable is not connected to a PC), results will NOT be sent to
the Medtronic device.
Accuracy
Diabetes experts have suggested that glucose meters should
agree within 15 mg/dL of a laboratory method when the
glucose concentration is lower than 75 mg/dL, and within
20% of a laboratory method when the glucose concentration
is 75 mg/dL or higher. The chart below displays how often
the
CONTOUR
®
LINK meter achieves this goal. The chart is
based on a study done on 100 patients to see how well the
CONTOUR LINK compared to laboratory results.
For glucose results lower than 75 mg/dL, the
percent (and number) of meter results that
match the laboratory method within 15 mg/dL :
98.7%
(75/76)
For glucose results at 75 mg/dL or higher, the
percent (and number) of meter results that
match the laboratory method within 20%:
98.5%
(319/324)
Note: When meter results are compared to the laboratory results, results
below 75 mg/dL are compared in mg/dL.
Precision
To assess precision under repeatability conditions, venous
human blood samples were pooled and adjusted to a
hematocrit of 40%. Blood was collected in tubes using
sodium heparin as the anticoagulant. The glucose levels of
the test solutions were prepared either by allowing samples
to age to a fi nal concentration or by using the aqueous
20% glucose solution to adjust the fi nal test concentration.
Five glucose levels were evaluated.
For each of 3 lots of sensors, ten
CONTOUR LINK instruments
were tested with ten replicates. In total three hundred
replicates were used for each blood glucose level. The
mean blood glucose levels, pooled standard deviations and
%CVs were calculated and are presented here.
Glucose Level (mg/dL) 45 80 130 194 317
Pooled SD 1.6 2.5 4.0 4.8 8.5
%CV 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.7
Technical Information:
IMPORTANT: The CONTOUR LINK meter has not been
tested for use with any diabetes management
software other than Bayer's G
LUCOFACTS
®
DELUXE
diabetes management software or CareLink
®
software. Bayer is not responsible for any erroneous
results from the use of other software.
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