User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Understanding & Troubleshooting Error Messages
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Welcome
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Intended Use
Questions? Call Customer Care
Information
Precision Xtra Kit Contents
Data Management System
Getting to Know Your Monitor’s Features
Use this button to
Turn monitor on and OFF Access monitor setup options
Access previous results and averages
Strip Port
Use these buttons to
Turn backlight on and OFF Battery Compartment
This is where the battery is installed
Forward Button Back Button
Set Beeper
Mode Button Forward Button Back Button
Setup Options
Buttons to Use
Set Date, you set the year, month, and day
You may need to re-set the time and date
Means the beeper is on Means the beeper is OFF
How to Set the Beeper Date, Time, & View Measurement Units
Release Button to Move to the next setup option
Not want to change it, Press
1To turn your monitor ON, Press and Hold the button
Hour Hour flashes on and off
Set Time
1Press and Release the button to move the hour forward
Minutes Minutes flash on and off
Year Year flashes on and off
Set Date
1Press and Release Button to move the month forward
Month Month flashes on and off
Button to move the month back
Day Day flashes on and off
You have two choices
Choice #1
Choice #2 For the 24-hour format, AM or PM does not show
Date
Choice #1 For the month- day format, shows with the date
Blood Glucose Measurement Units
Press and Hold the button to turn your monitor off
You have successfully set up your monitor
Your Precision Xtra monitor Must be calibrated so that it
Why Calibrate Your Monitor?
When to Calibrate Your Monitor
Calibrating Your
Calibrated for blood
How to Calibrate Your Monitor
What You Will Need
Calibrated for blood Glucose monitoring
. it in until it stops
Test strips
Ketone
Then you hear the beeper, if the beeper is on
Try to calibrate again
Display window Test strip calibrator
Test strip foil packet
Calibration is complete
Calibrating Your Monitor
How to Recall LOT Number or Calibration Code
3Press and Hold the button to turn your monitor off
Lancing device and a new, sterile lancet
Monitoring Your Blood Glucose
Important Information About Monitoring Your Blood Glucose
Read the lancing Device instructions for use
How to Monitor Your Blood Glucose
Getting Started 1Prepare your lancing device
Monitoring Blood Glucose
Monitoring Blood Glucose
Obtaining a Blood Drop
Fingertip sampling Forearm sampling Upper arm sampling
Use your lancing device to obtain a blood drop
Lancets and Lancing Device
Disturb the test strip during
Strip from the monitor or
Countdown
Important If the countdown does not start
Shutting Off Your Monitor
LO Result What It Means
Understanding Your Result
Result 300 mg/dL or Higher
Test strip
HI Result What It Means
Result What It Means
HI shows on the display window
You and your healthcare
Monitoring Your Blood ß-Ketone
Mmol/L
Blood glucose results
Important Information about Monitoring Your Blood ß-Ketone
Blood ß-Ketone
How to Monitor Your
For more information about the Display Check
Monitoring Blood ß-Ketone
Important Blood ß-Ketone
Clean, dry, and warm. To
Use your lancing device to
Obtain a blood drop
Applying the Blood Drop to the Test Strip
You might not have applied Enough blood to the test strip
Test strip from the monitor Or disturb it during Countdown
Important If the countdown
Does not start
2Discard the test strip properly
When
Not controlled.2-4
Contact your healthcare professional immediately
There may be a problem with the test strip
Doing a Control Solution Test
Do not swallow the control solution
How to Do Control Solution Testing
2Remove the test strip from its foil packet
Monitor turns on automatically
4Push the test strip in until it stops
Control Solution Testing
Glucose Ketone Status Bar Countdown
Applying Control Solution to the Test Strip
Countdown Important If the countdown does not start
Glucose Ketone
2Discard the test strip properly
Your monitor and test strips are working correctly
If the control result falls within the range
Memory
What Can Your Monitor Show You?
Glucose Averages
How to See Results in Memory
Blood Glucose result Memory Blood ß-Ketone result
Glucose control Solution result Memory
How to See Averages
Reviewing Results
Transferring Your Results to a Computer
Properly
Understanding Troubleshooting Error Messages
Too hot or too
Cold for
What It What You
Too high to be
Problem with
Blood glucose
Result may be
Test strip error. Monitor again Test strip is
Monitor error
Your Monitor’s
Specifications
Limitations
Functions
Storage Temperature
Assay Range
Range
Monitor Operating Range
Data port
System Operating Range
Specifications Limitations
You monitor your blood ß-Ketone
You think your blood glucose is low or is changing rapidly
Caring For Your Monitor
Cleaning Your Monitor
Store your monitor in its carrying case
Two things
Replacing Your Monitor’s Battery
Your Monitor
Caring for Your
See , Setting Up Your System
Support
Support, Guarantee & Limited Warranty
Or distributor
Your purchase
Guarantee & Limited Warranty
References
PRT06986 Rev. B 8/05