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The right products and services can help make life with diabetes just a little bit easier. We hope the OneTouch® Ultra® 2 System works well for you. We designed this product to make testing easy and to help you manage your diabetes. You can use the meter for fast and simple tests. You can also use it to record information to go with your results. This owner’s booklet is designed to provide the information that you are looking for, when you need it. We hope you keep it handy. Of course, you may still have questions. If you do, our Customer Service representatives would be happy to answer your call. You can reach them at 1 800 227-8862, anytime—24 hours a day. You can also obtain information at Table of contents Starting the test process pg. 10 Setting up pg. 2 your system • Getting to know your OneTouch® Ultra® 2 Blood Glucose Meter and Test Strips • Turning your meter on and off • Using the meter display backlight • Setting up your meter NOTE: Before testing, read this owner’s booklet carefully. Insert a test strip Check the code on the test strip vial before inserting the strip. Make sure the three contact bars are facing you. Push the strip in as far as it will go. Do not bend the strip. The meter will turn on, show a black start-up screen and then a code number. The first time you use the meter, the CAL CODE screen will display “––” instead of a number. Match the code displayed on the meter with the code on the test strip vial If the code on the meter does not match the code on the vial, press or to change the code. If the display changes to the APPLY BLOOD screen before you are ready, remove the strip and re-start the test process. Press when the numbers match. The meter is ready for testing when the APPLY BLOOD screen appears. Getting a blood sample pg. 14 Prepare the OneTouch® UltraSoft® Blood Sampler Remove the blue cap and put a new lancet in the sampler. Twist off the protective disk. Replace the cap and cock the sampler. Get a drop of blood Hold the OneTouch® UltraSoft® Blood Sampler firmly against your finger. Press the release button. Gently squeeze and/or massage your fingertip until a round drop of blood of at least one microliter ( actual size) forms on your fingertip. Applying blood pg. 25 and reading results Touch and hold the drop of blood to the narrow channel in the top edge of the test strip Blood will be drawn into the strip. Keep holding the drop of blood to the top edge of the strip until the confirmation window is full. The meter will begin to count down from 5 to 1. Then, your blood glucose level appears on the display along with the unit of measure, and the date and time of the test. If the test results are lower than, higher than, or not what you expect, see pages 28–29. Attaching flags or comments to your results pg. 32 Add a meal flag to track different types of averages While viewing your test result, press to get the MEAL FLAG screen. Press or to highlight BEFORE MEAL or AFTER MEAL. To confirm your selection, press . The meal flag you chose will appear above the result. If you do not wish to add a meal flag, select NO FLAG and press . This will return you to the glucose result screen. Add a comment While viewing a test result, press to get the COMMENT screen. Press or to highlight an appropriate comment. To confirm your selection, press . The comment you chose appears below the result. Meal flag Comment Reviewing past pg. 36 results and averages • Last result • All results • Result averages • Downloading results Caring for your pg. 47 system Control solution pg. 42 testing Understanding error pg. 53 and other messages Detailed information pg. 60 about your system Index pg. 65 Before you begin Before using this product to test your blood glucose, carefully read this booklet and the inserts that come with the OneTouch® Ultra® Test Strips and OneTouch® Ultra® Control Solution. Take note of warnings and cautions throughout this booklet, which are identified with . Many people find it helpful to practice the test with control solution before testing with blood for the first time. See page 42 in the Control solution testing section. Intended use The OneTouch® Ultra® 2 Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used for the quantitative measurement of glucose (sugar) in fresh capillary whole blood. The OneTouch® Ultra® 2 System is intended for use outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use) by people with diabetes at home and by healthcare professionals in a clinical setting as an aid to monitor the effectiveness of diabetes control. It should not be used for the diagnosis of diabetes or for testing newborns. Test principle Glucose in the blood sample mixes with special chemicals in the test strip and a small electric current is produced. The strength of this current changes with the amount of glucose in the blood sample. Your meter measures the current, calculates your blood glucose level, displays the result, and stores it in its memory. Customer Service 1 ...