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Control Testing for Healthcare Professionals
Introduction
Testing control solutions with known glucose levels
establishes that the operator and the system are
performing acceptably. Control results must be within
the defined acceptable ranges before valid patient
testing is allowed.
Testing Intervals
Follow your facility’s policy for control testing intervals.
• Control testing should be performed:
• The first time before using the meter for patient testing
• At intervals established by the facility
• When a new box of test strips is opened
• If the test strip container is left open
• If test strips were incorrectly stored
• If there is a question about a patient’s glucose result
• To check the performance of the system
• The meter was dropped
Your facility may require that control testing be
successfully performed after any of the following occur
and before patient testing resumes:
• Previous control test results were out of the
acceptable range
• Controls were not performed at the proper
interval