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Table of Contents Welcome 1 1 Important Things to Know about Your Blood Glucose Monitoring System 3 Intended Use 3 How Your Blood Glucose Monitoring System Works 4 System Kit Contents 4 Getting to Know Your Monitor’s Features 5 2 Setting Up Your Monitor 7 Buttons to Use 7 Setup Options 7 How to Set the Beeper, Date, Time, & View Measurement Unit 8 Set Beeper 8 Set Time 9 Set Date 10 Set Time Format 12 Set Date Format 12 Blood Glucose Measurement Uni
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5 Doing A Control Solution Test 27 Why Do A Control Solution Test? 27 When Is Doing A Control Solution Test Recommended? 27 Important Information about Control Solution Testing 27 What You Will Need 28 How to Do Control Solution Testing 28 Understanding Your Result 32 6 Reviewing & Using Your Results 33 What Can Your Monitor Show You? 33 How to See Results in Memory 34 How to See Averages 36 Transferring Your Results to a Computer 37 7 Understanding & Troubleshooting Error Message
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Welcome Thank you for choosing the ReliOn® Ultima Blood Glucose Monitoring System. Important steps for using the System are inside this guide. Please read it carefully. Your new Blood Glucose Monitoring System is an important tool that can help you better manage your diabetes. Blood glucose results can help you understand your diabetes and what happens with: • Food • Exercise • Stress and illness • Diabetes medications Always monitor your blood glucose according to your healthcare professi
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We offer Customer Care. If you have any questions, call Customer Care at 1-800-992-3612. We are available toll-free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please read the following items before using your Blood Glucose Monitoring System: • User guide • Blood glucose test strip instructions for use • Lancing device instructions for use and other information • Warranty card IMPORTANT: Any user guide text shown in a shaded box like this one is important information. Please pay special attention to t
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CHAPTER 1 Important Things Questions? to Know about Call Customer Care: 1-800-992-3612 Your Blood Glucose 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Monitoring System Intended Use Your System: • Is indicated for home (lay user) or professional use in the management of patients with diabetes. • Is for use outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use). • Is for monitoring glucose in fresh whole blood (for example, from the fingertip). • Is for use with ReliOn® Ultima Blood Glucose Test Strips. Pote
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How Your Blood Glucose Monitoring System Works When you insert a test strip into your monitor, the Apply Sample message shows on your monitor’s display window. When a blood sample or control solution sample is applied to the test strip, the glucose reacts with the chemicals on the test strip. This reaction produces a small electrical current that is measured. The result shows on your monitor’s display window. Blood Glucose Monitoring System Kit Contents Blood Glucose Monitor User’s Gui
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Getting to Know Your Monitor’s Features Display Backlight Window Button Display Window Back Button This shows: • Blood glucose results. • Glucose LOT numbers. • Previous test results and error messages. • Blood glucose averages. Mode Strip Forward Button Port Button IMPORTANT: Each time you turn your monitor on, a full display shows. This is called a Display Check. Look at the Display Check each time it appears on your monitor’s display window, especially before you check your blood
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IMPORTANT: Avoid getting dust, dirt, blood, control solution, water, or any other substance in the monitor's test strip port. Strip Port This is where you insert: • A blood glucose test strip • A glucose calibrator Mode Button Use this button to: • Turn monitor ON and OFF • Access monitor setup options • Access and save monitor settings • Access previous results and averages Forward Button Back Button Use these buttons to: • Review and select monitor settings • Review results and averages
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CHAPTER 2 Questions? Setting Up Your Call Customer Care: Monitor 1-800-992-3612 Buttons to Use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Mode Button Forward Button Back Button Setup Options Set Beeper If the beeper is set ON, it will beep when: • T he calibrat or is fully inser t ed • T he t est count do wn star ts • T he t est count do wn finishes Set Time, Set Date If your meter has a battery tab, pull it out. You will be prompted to set the time and date the first time you turn on
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Set Time Format In "Set Time Format", you choose how the time shows on the monitor’s display window. Set Date Format In "Set Date Format", you choose how the month and day show on the monitor’s display window. Measurement Unit Blood glucose measurement unit is factory-set in mg/dL. How to Set the Beeper, Date, Time, & View Measurement Unit Before you start, please note: "Press and Hold" means that you press the button in for at least 2 seconds. "Press and Release" means that you press t
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To turn your monitor ON, Press 1 and Hold the button. The beeper ON message shows on the display window. The musical notes flash on and off, and the monitor beeps. To change the beeper setting, 2 Press and Release the button or the button once. Press and Release the button 3 to save the beeper setting and to move to Set Time (Hour). Set Time Hour: The Hour flashes on and off. Press and Release the button to 1 move the hour forward. If you go past the correct hour, Press
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Minutes: The Minutes flash on and off. Press and Release the button to 1 move the minutes forward. If you go past the correct minute, 2 Press and Release the button to move the minutes back. Press and Release the button to 3 save the minutes and to move to Set Date. Set Date Year: The Year flashes on and off. Press and Release the button to 1 move the year forward. If you go past the correct year, Press 2 and Release the button to move the year back. Press and Releas
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Month: The Month flashes on and off. Press and Release the button to 1 move the month forward. If you go past the correct month, 2 Press and Release the button to move the month back. Press and Release the button to save 3 the month and to move to Set Day. Day: The Day flashes on and off. Press and Release the button to 1 move the day forward. If you go past the correct day, Press 2 and Release the button to move the day back. Press and Release the button to 3 save t
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Set Time Format You have two choices: Choice #1 Choice #1: For the 12-hour format, AM or PM shows. Choice #2: For the 24-hour format, AM or PM does not show. To change the Time Format, 1 Press and Release the button or the button once. Press and Release the button 2 to save the Time Format and to move to Set Date Format. Choice #2 Set Date Format You have two choices: Choice #1: For the month-day format, "-" shows with the date. Example: "25 May" shows as "5-25" Choic
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Blood Glucose Measurement Unit Consult your healthcare professional if you have any questions about the blood glucose measurement unit. This screen shows the blood glucose measurement unit (mg/dL). Press and Release the button to return to Set Beeper. Press and Hold the button to turn your monitor off. You have successfully set up your monitor. 13 ART21258_Rev-A-Man.indd 16 1/12/10 3:38:21 PM Setting Up Your Monitor ▼
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CHAPTER 3 Questions? Calibrating Your Monitor Call Customer Care: 1-800-992-3612 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Why Calibrate Your Monitor? Your monitor must be calibrated so that it can recognize the test strip you are using. Calibration ensures that your results are accurate. When to Calibrate Your Monitor • When y ou use the monit or f or the first time . • EACH time you open and use a new box of blood glucose test strips. What You Will Need • Blood Glucose M oni
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Remove the glucose calibrator package from the 1 new box of test strips. Open the calibrator package. Find the 2 three raised bumps on the calibrator package. Peel the clear cover away from the three raised bumps. Hold the calibrator with the LOT 00000 3 number facing you. Insert the calibrator into the strip port. 4 Push it in until it stops. The Display Check shows on the display window, followed by the time, month, and day. Next, the LOT number shows on the display window: L
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When the LOT number on the monitor display window and test strip calibrator both read LOT 00000: What It Means: Calibration is complete. What to Do: You may now monitor your blood glucose. When the LOT number on the monitor display window and calibrator DO NOT match: What It Means: Your monitor may not be calibrated correctly. What to Do: • C h e c k t h a t the calibrator is labeled LOT 00000. • Try to calibrate again. IMPORTANT: If the LOT numbers on the monitor display window a
