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CAUTION: Control solution range is not a range for the animal’s blood glucose level.
Out of Range Control Solution Results
• Repeat the test if control solution results are outside the range printed on the test strip vial.
• Repeat the test to confirm the results.
• The correct test procedures may not have been followed.
• Stop using the meter if control solution results are consistently outside the range printed on the test strip vial. Contact Zoetis Customer Care.
Causes of out-of-range results include:
• Expired or bad control solution
• Expired or bad test strip
• Testing error
• Watered-down control solution
• Meter malfunction
• Test strip deterioration
• Control solution test done outside 59 – 104 °F (15 – 40 °C)
• Correct code is not set in the meter
Performing an AlphaTrak 3 Control Solution Test
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1.
Check control solution expiry date.
IMPORTANT: Do not use control solution past expiry date. Discard
control solution 3 months after opening or on the expiry date printed
on the bottle whichever comes first. (Example: open April 15, discard
July 15; write the discard date on the side of the bottle.)
2. Remove test strip from vial.
3. Insert test strip to turn meter on. Press m to turn meter on if it does not turn on upon insertion
