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Blood sugar
Important safety information
The system is intended for use by private persons for active blood sugar checks. It is not suitable for the determination of diabetes or for the determination of blood sugar values for newborn babies. When testing, use only fresh, capillary whole blood.
Never change prescribed predicament quantities by yourself because of your measured blood sugar/pressure values. Only your doctor can evaluate measured results.
Results which lie below 3.3 mmol/L (60 mg/dL) are an indication of "hypoglycemia", blood sugar levels which are too low. If the results are above 13.3 mmol/L (240 mg/dL), it is possible that symptoms of too high a blood sugar level ("hyperglycemia") can occur. You should visit the doctor if your measured results are regularly above or below these limit values.
Lack of water or large fluid losses (such as through sweating) can cause falsified measured values. If you suspect that you are suffering from dehydration, in other words lack of fluids, you should visit a doctor as soon as possible.
If your level of red blood cells (hematoric value) is very high (over 55 %) or very low (below 30 %), this can lead to falsified measured results.
If have read all the instructions in this instruction manual and symptoms are still occurring which are not compliant with your blood sugar levels or your blood pressure, please contact a doctor.
The blood sugar measuring system
Your blood sugar measuring system can be used to measure blood sugar levels up to a height of 3275 m above sea level without affecting the test results.
The blood sugar measuring system consists of three components:
the blood sugar measuring device, the test strips and the control solutions. These components were specially designed to match each other, tested and quality-confirmed in our R&D department.
This enables this measuring device to measure and display the blood sugar level extremely precisely (whole blood calibrated measurement results). Only use test strips and control solutions approved for use with this blood sugar measuring device. If you have any questions about your measured values, please contact your doctor.
Important information about test strips
Keep the test strips in a cool, dry place (only in original container, below 40 °C or 104 °F). Protect the strips from direct sunshine and do not freeze them.
Only touch the test strips with clean, dry hands. When taking the strips out of the container and feeding them into the measuring device, try to hold them only by the handle. When you take a test strip out of the container, put the cover back on the container straight away and make sure that it is closed to form an airtight seal. Always use each test strip as soon as you have taken it out of the container.
Write the opening date on the container label when you open it for the first time. You should use the rest of the test trips up within 90 days of opening. Do not use any test strips which are past their use-by date, since this can falsify the measured results. The use-by date is printed on the container.
Only apply blood samples or the control solutions supplied to the gap on the test strip. Application of other substances leads to inaccurate or false measured values. The test strips must not be bent, cut or otherwise altered in any way.
Warning: Keep the container with the test strips away from children! The sealing cap means there is a danger of suffocation. In addition, the sealing cap contains drying materials which could be hazardous to health if breathed in or swallowed. This can lead to skin or eye irritations.
Control solutions
The control solutions are used to check the entire blood sugar measurement system. This allows you to determine whether the device and the test strips are working together optimally, and whether the test is being carried out correctly. It is important to carry out the test with the control fluids regularly in order to ensure that you are receiving precise measured results.
The control solutions contain a specified proportion of glucose which is precisely known. When you carry out the blood sugar test with this liquid, you can check afterwards whether the measured value is within the range of the actual value. The actual value for the control solutions is printed on the test strip container.
There are two different, colour-coded control solutions, one for the "normal" value range (green) and the other for the "high" value range (red).
The control solutions should be used:
- to practise the blood sugar test.
- to ensure that the device and the test strips are working perfectly together.
- to check that the test has been carried out correctly.
Before you carry out the first blood sugar test, you should carry out three successful tests with the control liquid one after the other. This makes sure that you are able to carry out the test correctly, and that the device is working perfectly.
If all three test results reach the value which is printed on the test strip container, you can start carrying out the actual blood sugar measurement.
When should you carry out a test with the control solution?
- at least once per week
- if the device has been dropped
- when you open a new container of test strips
- every time when you suspect that the blood sugar measuring system is not working correctly
- if the measured results do not agree with the way you feel
Important information about control solutions
- Only use control solutions included in delivery.
- Write the date of opening on the bottle.
- Check the use-by date for the solution.
- Never use solutions past their use-by date.
The control solution should reach room temperature (20°C to 25°C/68°F to 77 °F) before you use it. Shake the bottle of test solution well before you open it.
Wipe the first drop away, and then use the second drop to ensure that you have a good sample for precise measure results. You should use the control solution up within 90 days of opening.
Keep the solutions safely closed away at room temperature (below 30°C). Never freeze them!
Warning: The measured value for the solutions which is printed on the test strip container is only used to check the measuring system. It is not intended as a recommended value for your blood sugar level!
Important information about avoiding infection
Never use a lancet or picking aid together with another person. Always use a new sterile lancet for each test. Lancets should only be used once. Try to prevent hand lotion, or oils or dirt getting in or onto the lancet or pricking aid.
