Steps Do This
1. Verify that your FreeStyle
Control Solution is current.
Note: FreeStyle Control Solution is good for three months
aer opening the bottle, or until the expiration date printed
on the label, whichever comes rst. Count forward three
months from the date you open a new bottle of control
solution. is is your discard date. Write this date on the
side of the control solution bottle.
Example: You open the control solution on January 15th.
Count forward three months to April 15th. is is the
discard date that you record on the bottle.
2. Prepare test strip.
a. Locate the expiration date on the vial of FreeStyle
Test Strips.
If strips are expired, obtain a new vial of strips.
b. Locate the code number (you’ll need it in a minute).
c. Remove a single test strip from the vial.
d. Close the vial tightly before continuing but do NOT
put the vial away.
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Perform a Control Solution Test