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Testing blood glucose
5.4 Symbols seen before, during or after testing and what they mean
The following symbols can appear on the disply
before, during or after a test. For further information,
please refer to Chapter 12.1.
instead of a result: The result is lower than
10 mg/dL (0.6 mmol/L).
may indicate that your blood
glucose is very low (possibly a severe
hypoglycemia). Follow the relevant
instructions given by your doctor
immediately and repeat the test.
instead of a result: The result is higher than
600 mg/dL (33.3 mmol/L).
The test strips are past their
expiry date.
The battery is almost empty.
The temperature during the test was outside
the permitted range of +10 to +40 °C.
