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About Testing Yourself or Others
• If you are very dehydrated or urinating frequently, you may get an inaccurate test result. If you think you are
dehydrated, call your healthcare professional right away.
• Some people with diabetes do not experience symptoms of low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). Others, such
as children or people who are unconscious or have certain disabilities, may not be able to communicate
their symptoms to caregivers. For these reasons, do not change any treatment without first talking to a
healthcare professional.
• Run a control test when you open a new box of test strips or if you think that your test result is incorrect.
Running a control test lets you know that the meter and test strips are working properly.
• If peripheral circulation is impaired, collection of fresh capillary whole blood from the approved sample sites
is not advised as the results might not be a true reflection of the physiological blood glucose level. This may
apply in the following circumstances: severe dehydration as a result of diabetic ketoacidosis or due to
hyperglycemic hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome, hypotension, shock, decompensated heart failure NYHA
Class IV, or peripheral arterial occlusive disease.
• Not to be used for patients who are critically ill.
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