Blood Glucose Test - CONTOUR®NEXT GEN

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Performing a blood glucose test with the connected CONTOUR®NEXT meter

Preparation

Wash Your Hands

  • Wash your hands with soap and warm water.
  • Rinse and dry well.

Use Sterile Lancet

  • Use a new MICROLET® lancet for each test so the needle is sharp and sterile.
  • Twist and unlock the endcap as shown
  • Line up the white raised mark and black indented mark
  • Loosen the round protective cap on the lancet but do not remove it.
  • Rotate 1/4 turn.
  • Insert the lancet firmly into the lancing device. Push until the lancet comes to a complete stop.
  • Carefully twist off the round protective cap.
  • Save the cap for disposing of the used lancet*.
  • Re-attach the endcap.
  • 'Click' to lock

* Always dispose of used test strips and lancets as medical waste or as advised by your health care professional.

Testing Process

Insert the Strip

  • Hold the test strip with the grey square end facing toward the meter. Insert the grey square end firmly into the test strip port until the meter beeps.
  • This will turn the meter on.

NOTE: After you insert the test strip, apply blood to the test strip within 3 minutes or the meter turns off. If the meter turns off because no blood was applied to the strip, remove the test strip and reinsert it to begin a test.

Apply Blood

  • The screen displays the blinking blood drop indicating it is ready to test a blood drop.
  • Immediately touch the tip of the test strip to the drop of blood. The blood is drawn into the test strip through the strip.
  • Hold the tip of the test strip in the blood drop until the meter beeps.

Apply Blood: Second-Chance® Sampling

  • If the meter beeps twice and the screen displays a blinking blood drop with a plus sign, the test strip does not have enough blood.
  • Apply more blood to the same test strip within 60 seconds.

Results

  • After a 5 second countdown, the meter will display your blood glucose result.
  • The blood glucose test results will be stored in your meter logbook and in the CONTOUR®DIABETES app if you have paired your meter to it on a compatible iOS or Android device*.

NOTE: Always dispose of used test strips and lancets as medical waste or as advised by your health care professional.

*For a list of compatible devices, please visit compatibility.contourone.com