7
Checking Your Blood Glucose
Figure 7-27
Edge of
test strip
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Figure 7-28
The lancing device is intended for individual use and
should not be shared. If the device is being operated
by a second person who is providing testing
assistance to the user, the meter and lancing device
should be decontaminated prior to use by the
second person (see page 140).
Do not:
• Press the strip against the test site
• Scrape the blood onto the strip
• Apply blood to the flat side of the strip
• Apply blood to the strip when it is out of the meter
• Put blood or foreign objects into the test strip port
1. Do not pull the test strip away from the sample until you
hear 1 beep or see the word "Checking" on the screen
(Figure 7-29). This means you applied enough blood
and the meter is reading your glucose.