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Information For Safety

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 EZ user guide, the lancing 

device insert and all instructional materials provided in your 

meter kit before testing. Please follow all instructions for 

use and care exactly as described to help avoid inaccurate 

results.

Potential Biohazard

•  Always wash and dry your hands well with soap and water 

before and after testing, handling the meter, lancing device 

or test strips.

•  The meter, lancing device and lancets provided with your kit 

are for single-patient use. Do not share them with anyone 

including other family members. Do not use on multiple 

patients.

•  All parts of this kit are considered biohazardous and can 

potentially transmit infectious diseases, even after you have 

performed cleaning and disinfection. For instructions, please  

see Cleaning and Disinfection, page 16.

•  The lancing device provided with your kit should not be 

used for assisted blood draws by health care professionals 

or at health care provision sites.

•  Use a new lancet each time you test because it is no longer 

sterile after use.

•  Always dispose of test strips and lancets as medical waste 

or as advised by your health care professional. All products 

that come in contact with human blood should be handled 

as if capable of transmitting infectious diseases.

•  Keep out of reach of children. This kit contains small parts 

which could cause suffocation if accidentally swallowed.

•  Keep batteries away from children. Lithium batteries are 

poisonous. If swallowed, immediately contact your poison 

control center.

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intended for single-patient use only and should not be shared.

Intended Use

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(meter, test strips and control solution) is intended for 

use by persons with diabetes for self-testing, and by 

health care professionals for use on a single patient. The 

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 eZ system is intended for the quantitative 

measurement of glucose (from 0.6 mmol/L to 33.3 mmol/L) in 

fresh capillary whole blood samples drawn from the fingertip 

only. Venous blood samples may also be used by health care 

professionals.
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 eZ blood glucose monitoring system 

may also be used by health care professionals to monitor 

hypoglycemia in neonates. The system should not be used  

for diagnosis or screening. Diagnosis of neonatal 

hypoglycemia should be performed using a laboratory  

glucose method. For neonates exhibiting hypoglycemic 

symptoms, provide appropriate medical care to treat 

symptoms and monitor patient. If symptoms are inconsistent 

with meter results, obtain a laboratory blood glucose test.  

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 eZ blood glucose monitoring system  

has not been evaluated specifically with pre-term neonates.
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 eZ blood glucose monitoring system 

may be used as an aid to monitor the effectiveness of an 

individual’s personal blood glucose control program. The 

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 eZ blood glucose monitoring system is 

not intended for the diagnosis of or screening for diabetes 

mellitus.
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 eZ blood glucose monitoring system 

is intended for in vitro diagnostic use only.