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2

Insert a new FreeStyle Lancet firmly

into the white lancet-holder cup.

Hold lancet firmly in place

with one hand; use your

other hand to twist off

the rounded top.

3

Replace the cap until it snaps

or clicks into place. Be careful

not to touch the exposed needle

on the lancet.

5

Pull the dark Cocking Handle out

until it clicks. You may have already

cocked the device when you inserted

the lancet.

Set lancing device aside,

proceed

to the next step.

1

Snap off the cap on the lancing

device at an angle.

1

Set-up the FreeStyle®

Lancing Device

2

Prepare Your

FreeStyle Freedom Meter

IMPORTANT:

The code number on

the display should match the code

number on the side of your test strip

vial. They must always match, or your

results will be inaccurate.

Be ready to adjust the code on the

meter to match the code number

on the test strip vial. The picture on

the left is only an example.

2

When you see the word “

COdE

”

and a code number on the meter

display, use the “

c

” button to scroll

forward

or the “

” button to scroll

backward

to the number that

matches the number on your test

strip vial. The picture to the left is

an example. Your meter may have

a different number.

3

Wait

until you see the “blood drop

and test strip” symbols appear on

the meter display screen BEFORE

lancing your test site. Set meter

aside, proceed to the next step.

4

Look in the window of the lancing

device and turn the settings dial

to set the depth level.

IMPORTANT: To ensure accurate results, clean your hands and the testing site (for example,

your forearm) and dry thoroughly before testing.

1

Insert a new test strip into the

meter every time you test. The

meter will turn on.

Top

Bottom

Insert only the

Top

end of

test strip into the meter.

Cocking Handle

D

epth Settings Dial

Depth Indicator Wind

ow

Release Button

Clear Cap (

for testing sites

other than the fingers

)

Continue on Other Side

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2

Hold the clear cap down against

the top of your test site.

Depress the release button.

Do not lift up

.

Continue to hold the lancing

device and

gradually

increase

pressure for several seconds.

3

The test strip acts like a sponge

and pulls the blood into the strip

through the Test Strip Edge.

5

Your blood glucose test result is

shown

on

the display screen. If

the sound

volume

is on you will

hear two beeps.

4

DO NOT

PULL

THE TEST STRIP

AWAY

until

you

see

the short lin

e moving

clockwise

on your meter

screen and

you may

hear one

beep (if your sound

volume is on)

.

This means you have

e

nough blood and

the meter is reading

your glucose.

Get the Blood Sample

Fill the Test Strip with Blood

1

To bring fresh blood to the

surface of the test site, rub

the site vigorously for a few

seconds, until you feel it

getting warm.

In clinical studies, most people said testing on their forearms

was painless.

(

Data on file:

testing done on forearm

.

)

DO NOT

“press” the test strip against the test site.

•

DO NOT

scrape the blood onto the test strip.

•

DO NOT

apply blood to the flat side of the test strip.

DO NOT

apply blood to the test strip when the test

strip is out of the meter.

•

DO NOT

put blood or foreign objects into the

test strip port.

2

Bring the test strip to the blood

sample at a slight angle.

The FreeStyle Freedom System can

be used to test your blood glucose

from your forearm, upper arm, thigh,

calf, hand, as well as fingers (for more

information see your Owner’s Booklet).

FreeStyle Freedom

Testing Areas

Most Test Sites Available

Warning:

If you are testing for

hypoglycemia (low blood glucose),

or if you suffer from hypoglycemia

unawareness, we recommend that

you test on your fingers or palm (at

the base of the thumb).

Testing on other sites is similar to testing on the forearm, which is

demonstrated in this Getting Started Guide.

Refer to your Owner’s Booklet for complete information about the FreeStyl

e Freedom

Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

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Test Strip Edge

Continue to Step 4

1

Make sure that the test strip is in

the meter and the meter is powered

ON. (If the meter is turned off, take

out the test strip and reinsert into

the meter.) Leave the test strip in the

meter. You are now ready to apply the

blood sample.

3

While holding the lancing device

on your test site, look through

the clear cap; the blood sample

should be about the size of a

pinhead (example:

).

Lift the lancing device straight up;

be careful not to smear the blood

sample on your test site.

IMPORTANT: Use the clear

cap for testing on your forearm,
upper arm, hand, thigh or calf.

Important:

• A

void lancing

ar

eas

with obvious veins or moles to avoid excess bleeding.

void lancing a

eas where tendons or bones stick out (for example, hand

bones and ankle bones.)

IMPORTANT: Use only one Test

Strip Edge per test. Do not apply
blood to both edges. Test strips
may be used only once. Discard
used test strips.

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