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Out-of-Range Control Test Results
Ifthecontroltestresultisoutofrange,checkthislisttohelpsolvetheproblem:
Troubleshooting Checks
Actions
1.Wereeithertheteststripsorcontrolsolutions
expired?
Discardtheteststripsorcontrolsolutionsifeitheris
pasttheusebydate.Ifthecontrolsolutionwas
openedmorethan3monthsago,discardit.Repeat
thecontroltestwithanunexpiredteststripandan
unexpiredcontrolsolution.
2.Didyouwipethetipofthecontrolsolutionbottle
beforeuse?
Wipethetipofthebottlewithatissue.Repeatthe
controltestwithanewteststripandafreshdropof
controlsolution.
3.Werethecapsontheteststripcontainerandthe
controlsolutionbottlealwaysclosedtightly?
Replacetheteststripsorcontrolsolutionsifyou
thinkeitherwasuncappedforsometimeandrepeat
thecontroltest.
4.Wastheteststripusedimmediatelyafteritwas
removedfromtheteststripcontainer?
Repeatthecontroltestwithanewteststripanda
freshdropofcontrolsolution.
5.Weretheteststripsandcontrolsolutionsstoredin
acool,dryplace?
Repeatthecontroltestwithaproperlystoredtest
stripandcontrolsolution.
6.Didyoufollowthedirections?
ReadChapter3,“ControlTesting”andrepeatthe
controltest.ContactRocheifyoustillhaveproblems.
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