Product Name
- Freestyle, Optium, Blood Glucose Strips – 50 Pcs
Category
- Medical Devices – Diabetic Strips
Uses
Strips used to measure the blood glucose level
Product Characteristics
- Optium Plus Glucose Test Strips allow you to quickly and accurately check your blood glucose level.
- No coding = one less step
- Increased accuracy with fewer errors1
- Foil-wrapped strips protect from air and moisture
- Small blood sample required – 0.6 µl
- 5 second test time
- 5-second blood sample reapplication time
- Top or end fill with visual confirmation
- Fill trigger ensures test starts only when sufficient blood sample has been applied
How To Measure Blood Glucose Level
- Wash and thoroughly dry your hands. Warming your finger can sometimes help to increase blood flow.
- Insert a test strip into your meter.
- Use the needle (lancet) to prick the side of your fingertip.
- Gently squeeze and/or massage your fingertip until a round drop of blood forms on your fingertip.
- Line up the test strip with the blood drop then gently touch the channel to the edge of the blood drop
- After a little delay, the meter will show your blood sugar level on a screen.
- Remove the used strip from its edges, and use alcohol swabs to clean your finger
Normal Ranges
- Random blood sugar test: A blood sample will be taken at a random time. Regardless of when you last ate, a blood sugar level of 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or higher suggests diabetes. A blood sugar level less than 140 mg/dL is normal. A reading between 140 and 199 mg/dL indicates prediabetes
- Fasting blood sugar test. A blood sample will be taken after an overnight fast. A fasting blood sugar level less than 100 mg/dl is normal. A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL is considered prediabetes. If it’s 126 mg/dL or higher on two separate tests, you may have diabetes.
- Oral glucose tolerance test: For this test, you fast overnight, and the fasting blood sugar level is measured. Then you drink a sugary liquid, and blood sugar levels are tested periodically for the next two hours.
