LIFESCAN ONETOUCH CUSTOMER CARE LINE, LIGNE INFOSOINS ONETOUCH User Manual

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The system described herein is covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 5,708,247, 5,951,836, 6,045,567, 6,156,051, 6,197,040, 6,241,862, 6,284,125, and D428,150. Use of the monitoring device included herein is protected under one or more of the following U.S. patents: 6,413,410, 6,733,655. Purchase of this device does not act to grant a use license under these patents. Such a license is granted only when the device is used with OneTouch other than LifeScan is authorized to grant such a license. The accuracy of results generated with LifeScan meters using test strips manufactured by anyone other than LifeScan has not been evaluated by LifeScan.

Le système décrit aux présentes est protégé par un ou plusieurs des brevets américains suivants : 5,708,247, 5,951,836, 6,045,567, 6,156,051, 6,197,040, 6,241,862, 6,284,125 et D428,150. L’utilisation du présent dispositif de surveillance est protégée par les brevets américains suivants 6,413,410 et 6,733,655. L’achat du présent dispositif ne contribue pas à accorder un permis sous aucun de ces brevets. Un tel permis n’est accordé que si l’appareil est utilisé avec les bandelettes de test OneTouch Ultra®. Aucun fabricant de bandelettes autre que LifeScan Inc. n’est autorisé à accorder un tel permis. L’exactitude des résultats obtenus avec les lecteurs de LifeScan utilisés avec une autre bandelette fabriquée par tout fabricant autre que LifeScan n’a pas été évaluée par LifeScan.

Ultra®Test Strips. No test strip supplier

Rev. date: 08/06

AW 06442701A

Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems/Systèmes de surveillance de la glycémie

Additional Instructions:

Getting a Blood Sample from an Alternate Site

Instructions supplémentaires :

Comment prélever du sang d’un autre site que les doigts

A supplement to the full testing instructions

found in your Owner’s Booklet

Un supplément aux consignes détaillées sur

les tests de votre manuel d’utilisation

Forearm and palm sampling means more options

Meters that use OneTouch®Ultra®Test Strips allow you to sample blood from your forearm or palm as well as your fingertip. Having these options can mean having more flexibility—and more comfort.

Sampling from your palm or forearm allows you to use your fingertips less often. These alternate areas have fewer nerve endings than your fingertip.

Getting a blood sample from your forearm or palm is different than the method for getting a sample from your fingertips described in your Owner’s Booklet. At times, results obtained at the forearm or palm may vary from a fingertip measurement. Be sure to read the Owner’s Booklet as well as these instructions before testing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Important information about sampling from your forearm or palm 2

Choose the right sampling site at the right time 2

Sampling instructions 4

Choosing your sample site 5 Preparing the OneTouch Getting a blood sample 10 Completing your test 12

UltraSoft®Blood Sampler 6

Important information about sampling from your forearm or palm

Choose the right sampling site at the right time

Glucose levels in forearm or palm blood samples may differ significantly from levels in fingertip samples, especially when your blood glucose level is changing rapidly. During these times, forearm or palm samples may show these changes more slowly. Talk to your healthcare professional before you begin using your forearm or palm for sampling.

If you are testing: Use blood sample from your:

Routinely before meals Fingertip, forearm, or palm

Prior to or more than two hours after: Fingertip, forearm, or palm

• a meal

• a rapid-acting insulin injection or insulin pump bolus

• exercise

When your blood glucose is changing Fingertip rapidly, such as:

• within two hours after a meal

• within two hours after a rapid-acting insulin injection or insulin pump bolus, or

• during or within two hours after exercise

When you are concerned about the Fingertip possibility of hypoglycemia

 Do not test on your forearm or palm when:

you think your blood glucose is rapidly falling, such as within two hours of exercise or a rapid-acting insulin injection or insulin pump bolus. Testing with a fingertip sample may identify a hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) level sooner than a test with a forearm or palm sample.

it has been less than two hours after a meal, a rapid-acting insulin injection or insulin pump bolus, physical exercise, or you think your glucose level is changing rapidly.

you are concerned about the possibility of hypoglycemia (insulin reactions), such as when driving a car. This is especially important if you suffer from hypoglycemia unawareness (lack of symptoms to indicate an insulin reaction).

Remember: Consult with your healthcare professional before using your forearm or palm for testing.

Remember, regardless of which sampling site you choose, follow all the instructions in this booklet and your Owner’s Booklet.

If you experience symptoms that are not consistent with your test results, and you have followed all instructions for proper testing, call your healthcare professional.

Sampling instructions

These instructions are for getting a sample from your forearm or palm. Your Owner’s Booklet contains full instructions for getting a blood sample from your fingertips.

Have these things with you when you test your blood from your forearm or palm:

Meter that uses the OneTouch OneTouch OneTouch

Ultra®Test Strips

UltraSoft®Blood Sampler Sterile lancet OneTouch OneTouch

UltraClear®Cap

Ultra®Control Solution

Ultra®Test Strip

The meter, OneTouch

Ultra®Control Solution and OneTouch Ultra®Test Strips are designed, tested, and proven to work together to produce accurate results. Use no other test strips or control solution with your meter.

Choosing your sample site

Before sampling blood from your forearm or palm, read pages 2 and 3 of this booklet carefully.

Forearm sampling

Choose a fleshy area of the forearm away from bone or visible veins. Select a spot with no hair.

Palm sampling

Choose a fleshy area on the palm below your thumb or pinky. Select a spot with no visible veins and away from deep lines.

OneTouch®UltraClear®Cap is used

Blue cap for fingertip sampling only

for forearm and palm sampling only. Replace the blue OneTouch UltraSoft®Blood Sampler cap with the OneTouch

UltraClear®Cap.

Preparing the OneTouch®UltraSoft®Blood Sampler

Depth Adjustment Knob

Depth Indicator

Puncture Settings

Ejection/Cocking Control

Release Button

Lancet Holder

Lancet Point

OneTouch®UltraSoft®Lancet

OneTouch® UltraClear® Cap (for alternate site sampling)

Protective Disk

 To reduce the chance of infection:

Never share a lancet or the OneTouch®UltraSoft®Blood Sampler with anyone.

Always use a new, sterile lancet. Lancets are for single use only.

Keep the OneTouch instructions can be found in your Owner’s Booklet.

If you do not have a OneTouch® UltraSoft® Blood Sampler, please refer to the instructions that came with your lancing device.

UltraSoft®Sampler clean. Complete cleaning

STEP 1

Prepare the sample site

Before you test your blood glucose, wash your hands and the sample site with warm, soapy water. Rinse and dry completely.

Sample in an area with no visible veins, and no hair or lines which may cause your blood sample to smear.

Sometimes there is less blood flow to the forearm than to the fingertips. To help you get a large enough blood droplet, you may gently massage or apply warmth to the site to increase blood flow.

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