Please read this insert and your User Guide or Owner's Booklet that came with your system before using. The User Guide or Owner's Booklet has full instructions for blood glucose and control solution testing.
Do Not use new test strips if the vial is open or damaged in any way. This could lead to error messages or inaccurate blood glucose results. Contact Customer Care right away if you have questions about your test strips, test results or these instructions.
The OneTouch Verio® Family of Meters shows results between 1.1 and 33.3 mmol/L.
Read these cautions when your test results are higher or lower than what you expect.
CAUTION:
Low glucose results
If your blood glucose result is below 4.0 mmol/L or a low glucose warning is displayed, (meaning the result is less than 1.1 mmol/L), it may mean hypoglycemia (low blood glucose). You may need to treat low glucose right away. Follow your healthcare professional's advice. The result could be due to a test error, but it is safer to treat first, then test again.
Dehydration and low glucose results
You may get false low glucose results if you are severely dehydrated. If you think this is the case, contact your healthcare professional right away.
High glucose results
If your test result is above 10.0 mmol/L, it may mean high blood glucose (hyperglycemia). You should think about re-testing. Talk to your healthcare professional if you are concerned about high blood glucose.
A high glucose warning is shown when your blood glucose level is over 33.3 mmol/L. You may have very high blood glucose (severe hyperglycemia). Re-test your blood glucose. If the result is a high glucose warning again, this indicates a severe problem with your blood glucose control. Obtain and follow instructions from your healthcare professional right away.
Repeated unexpected glucose results
If you get repeated unexpected results:
Run a control solution test to check your system.
Make sure you follow all instructions in your User Guide or Owner's Booklet.
If your symptoms don't match your blood glucose results, call your healthcare professional.
Never ignore symptoms or make significant changes to your diabetes management program without speaking to your healthcare professional.
Blood glucose management requires the help of a healthcare professional. Talk to your healthcare professional about:
The target blood glucose range that is right for you.
When to test.
What your blood glucose results mean.
Expected blood glucose levels for non-pregnant people without diabetes1 :
Time
Range, mmol/L
Fasting
Less than 7.0
2 hours after meals
Less than 11.1
1 Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee. Diabetes Canada 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada. Can J Diabetes. 2018;42(Suppl 1):S1-S325.
OneTouch Verio® Test Strips give accurate results under the following conditions:
Use only fresh capillary whole blood. Do Not use serum or plasma.
Hematocrit is the percentage of red blood cells in the blood. Extremes in hematocrit may affect test results. Hematocrit levels below 20% may cause false high readings. Hematocrit levels over 60% may cause false low readings. Talk to your healthcare professional if you don't know your hematocrit level.
OneTouch Verio® Test Strips may be used at altitudes up to 3048 meters (10,000 feet) with no effect on test results.
Interferences: Uric acid and other reducing substances (when occurring in blood at high normal or at high therapeutic concentrations) do not significantly affect results. However, abnormally high concentrations in blood may cause inaccurately low results.
Test results may be falsely low if the patient is severely dehydrated, in shock or in a hyperosmolar state (with or without ketosis).
Critically ill patients should not be tested with blood glucose meters.
CAUTION:
The OneTouch Verio® Test Strips should not be used for patients within 24 hours of receiving a D-xylose absorption test as it may cause inaccurately high results.
Do Not use the OneTouch Verio® Family of Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems when PAM (Pralidoxime) is known or suspected to be in the patient's whole blood sample.
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