Dear GlucoSure STAR Owner
Thank you for choosing the GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Monitoring System to help you monitoring your blood sugar levels.
Your new GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Monitoring System is designed with convenience and accuracy in mind to make your life a little easier. All of the information needed to use and maintain your new meter is included in this manual. Please read it carefully.
Your GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Monitoring System provides an easy and precise way to measure blood glucose using fresh capillary whole blood taken from fingertips, palm, or forearm. Testing is done outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use). The test results are plasma-calibrated for easy comparison to lab results. The GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Monitoring System is a portable battery operated meter intended for use as an aid by persons with diabetes and by health care professionals to monitor glucose concentration in whole blood.
Owner Advance GlucoSure Dear STAR!
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Contents of Table STAR!
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Understanding Your New Blood Glucose Kit |
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·The GlucoSure STAR Meter ................................................................................ |
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·The GlucoSure STAR Display Screen ...................................................................... |
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·The GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strip ...................................................... |
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Setting Up Your New System |
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·EInserting (or Changing) the Battery ........................................................................ |
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·ECoding the Meter.............................................................................................. |
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·ESetting the Clock .............................................................................................. |
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·ETurning ON/OFF Beep Sound .......................................................................... |
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Control Solution Testing |
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·Performing a Control Solution Test ........................................................................ |
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·Control Solution Trouble Shooting ........................................................................ |
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Testing Your Blood Glucose |
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·Preparing Your Lancing Device .............................................................................. |
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·EImportant Information on Alternate Site Testing (AST) .......................................... |
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·EPerforming a Blood Glucose Test ...................................................................... |
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Understanding Your Blood Glucose Test Results ........................................ |
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Viewing Stored Readings and 7, 14, 30 Days Average from Memory ...... |
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Caring for the Meter |
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·Cleaning the Meter ............................................................................................ |
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·Storage and Precautions ...................................................................................... |
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Solving Problems .............................................................................................. |
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Product Warranty .............................................................................................. |
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Specifications...................................................................................................... |
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Symbols Used in this Manual .......................................................................... |
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Supplies .............................................................................................................. |
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Understanding Your New Blood Glucose Kit
Each kit of the GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Monitoring System may include the following items:
The GlucoSure STAR
Blood Glucose Test
Strips
The GlucoSure STAR
Meter
Lancing Device
MENU
User Guide
Log Book
Wallet
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GlucoSure STAR Meter
Meter Display
Shows your blood glucose test results, memory values, averages, and other messages.
MENU
Hold and press to turn the meter on without inserting a test strip, access meter memory or Setup, or exit and return to testing when viewing meter memory or setup.
Scroll (▼▲) Buttons
Press for scrolling through stored test values and test averages or numbers when setting up the meter (see page 15
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ENTER
Press to display the year
of the current test value
when viewing meter memory (page 43 
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or move between fields (such as year, time, date,
etc.) during setup.
Test Strip Port
This is where you insert the test strip and the Meter will turn on automatically.
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Battery Compartment
Holds two 1.5V
AAA batteries.
Code Card Port
Insert the code chip (see page 13 
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Ejection Switch
Push and eject a used test strip (see page 10 
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CODE .................... |
Indicate the current number in meter display is a |
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TEMPERATURE ..Appear when it is either too hot or too cold to test (outside the ranges of 10˚C~40˚C 
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HAPPY/ SAD FACE ..These icons indicate if the meter electronic is working properly.
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The GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strip
Contact Points
Insert this end to the Test Strip Port on the Meter.
Sampling End
Apply blood or control solution here
The GlucoSure STAR Test Strips are glucose specific, biosensor-based test strips that can test glucose in capillary whole blood in as quickly as 6 seconds and requires very little blood sample. The test result is plasma referenced for easy comparison to lab results and has under-fill detection to alert you when there is not enough blood to perform a test, so you can be assure that each reading you get is an accurate and meaningful result.
IMPORTANT:
•Be sure to use only the GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strip with the GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Meter. Other brands of test strips will not work with the Meter.
•The GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strips are sensitive to moisture and light, it is important to close the vial cap of the test strip bottle tightly after each use. DO NOT leave any test strips outside the bottle while not in use.
•Carefully discard used test strips and lancets in proper waste containers.
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Setting Up Your New System
Inserting (or Changing) the Battery
Batteries need to be inserted before using your GlucoSure STAR Meter for the first time or when the 
icon appears on the Meter display.
Materials you will need:
·Two Alkaline AAA Batteries (Supplied in Kit)
·Your GlucoSure STAR Meter
Step 1.
Press firmly on the battery cover and slide in the direction of the arrow to open the cover.
Step 2.
Insert new batteries according to the direction found on the battery cover and inside the battery compartment. The meter will beep indicating the batteries have been inserted correctly. Slide
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the battery cover back into the meter firmly.
Note:
•When you change the batteries, the Meter automatically prompts you to check the time and date when turned on either by a Test Strip or pressing menu .
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•The date, code number, and stored results will not be erased when the batteries are being changed.
•Discard used batteries according to your local regulation.
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Coding the Meter
Code the meter by inserting a lot specific code card to ensure accurate test results. The code card is packaged along in the kit or with each box of GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strips.
Materials you will need:
·A code card for the GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strips ·A GlucoSure STAR Blood Glucose Test Strip
·Your GlucoSure STAR meter
Step 1.
Insert the code card with the connectors facing up. Make sure it is completely Inserted into the code card port.
Step 2.
Take out a GlucoSure STAR Test Strip from the test strip bottle and close the bottle immediately. Insert test strip to turn on the meter.
GlucoSureSTAR
For use with GlucoSure STAR Meter
CODE
1234
Date Opened:
(Use within 3 months after first opening or before the expiration date)
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Step 3.
The meter will display all of its segments. The code number will appear on the meter display screen. Verify the code number on the screen with that on the test strip bottle or its package. The numbers (in this example) should be the same.
Note:
•You can insert the code card while the meter is turned on. The display screen will flash and show the new code number from the code card. Make sure the numbers from the meter display screen, the code card, and the test strip package match.
•Code number will not be erased when changing batteries.
•Remember to change the code card when a new package of test strips is opened for use.
Begin testing (see page 30 
, Blood Glucose Testing), or eject the test strip to turn off the meter.
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Setting the Clock
Material you will need:
· Your GlucoSure STAR Meter
Begin Set Up
Step 1.
Press and hold
menu
to turn on the Meter.
Step 2.
The meter will run a series of self tests 
will appear on the screen when all tests are complete. If 
or other error messages (Err 1, Err 2, etc) appears, see Solving Problems on page 49 
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Step 3.
After the 4-digit code number and a flashing test strip icon ap-
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Set Year
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set the month.
Set month
Step 5.
The current month will flash. Use the 
or 
buttons to select the correct month.
Press the day.
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to confirm your choice and to advance to set the
Set Day
Step 6.
The current day will flash. Use the 
or 
buttons to select the correct day.
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Set Hour
Step 7.
The current hour will flash. Use the 
or 
buttons to select the correct hour.
Press the |
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button to confirm your choice and to advance to set |
the minutes.
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Set Minutes
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The current minutes will flash. Use |
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vance into setting 12-hours or 24-hours time format.
Set Time Format to 12-hours or 24-hours
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The current time format will flash. Use |
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firm your choice and exit time set up.
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