It is important to know how to correctly use ketone test strips when measuring ketone levels to ensure accurate ketone measurements, and to avoid wasting ketone strips if incorrectly used.
Follow the steps below to correctly use your ketone test strips, or alternatively, watch the video.
- Set up your lancing device, so that the needle is exposed and ready.
- Open a single ketone test strip by tearing the purple foil where there is a notch to expose the end with three black lines.
- Insert this end into your testing machine. The machine is ready to use when the screen turns on, showing the apply blood icon.
- Select your preferred test site and use the lancing device, while pressed firmly against the site, to create a blood sample.
- Apply the blood to the white end of the ketone test strip until the ketone test strip draws up the blood. Hold the sample here until there are three white lines on the screen.
- Wait for your reading.
*These instructions are applicable to the FreeStyle Optium Neo*