How do you use Agamatrix lancets?
How do you use Agamatrix lancets?
Hold the lancing device firmly against the skin and press the button to lance the site and get a drop of blood. Alternate between using a different finger or site each time you test. Touch and hold the sample area of the test strip to the drop of blood until the test strip has absorbed enough blood to begin the test.
How do you size a lancet?
Lancets for blood sampling are available in different gauges, which refer to the width of the metal point. The higher the gauge, the smaller the perforation the lancet makes. For example, a 23-gauge lancet makes a larger hole in your skin than a 30-gauge lancet does.
What size do lancets come in?
The diameter of the lancet needles ranged from 28 gauge to 30 gauge, and the length range was between 2.8 mm to 3.2 mm. A new disposable lancet, Tiniboy™ (Health Innovation Ideas, LLC, Upland, California) has a needle size of 38 gauge (0.15 mm in diameter) and 0.75 mm in length.
What are the different gauges of lancets?
Please find below a table of correspondence of the thickness of the lancets (diameter) between both measures:
- 19G – 1,1 mm.
- 20G – 0,9 mm.
- 21G – 0,8 mm.
- 22G – 0,7 mm.
- 23G – 0,6 mm.
- 24G – 0,54 mm.
- 25G – 0,5 mm.
- 28G – 0,35 mm.
What is Lancet diabetes?
Lancets are the small, sharp objects that are used to prick the skin. This piercing of the skin allows you to draw a small drop of blood to the surface in order to test blood glucose levels using a blood glucose monitor and blood glucose test strips.
How many times can you use Lancet?
The lancets are only ever used once. Some types of “lancet holders” are designed to be used to test more than one person, while others are meant to be used to test only one person.
How do you use AgaMatrix control solution?
How to use control solution
- Step 1: Insert a new test strip into your meter and check that the meter is ready to perform a test.
- Step 2: Shake the control solution bottle vigorously.
- Step 3: Discard the first drop and wipe off the bottle tip so that it is clean.
How do you use AgaMatrix WaveSense jazz?
JAZZ Test Strip: Insert a new AgaMatrix WaveSense JAZZ Test Strip into the meter. Make sure you insert the test strip, with the contact bars facing up, into the test strip port. The meter will be activated automatically. Note: If you do not start the test within 5 minutes, the meter will be deactivated.
What is the wavesense jazz™ wireless blood glucose monitoring system?
The WaveSense JAZZ™ WIRELESS blood glucose monitoring system is no coding, has a quick test time, and a small sample size of whole blood. It offers users an easy and accurate method of blood glucose monitoring. The Wavesense JAZZ WIRELESS has an easy to read LED display with sharp contrast digits.
What is the thinnest Lancet available?
This 33G (0.2 mm) lancet is the thinnest offered by Arctic Medical and is designed to reduce pain of testing. For use with the WaveSense lancing device and any other Type A lancing device. Size: 200 lancets per pack Description tab: Only 0.2 mm Re-closable cap Warning: You should carefully read all product packaging and labels prior to use
How do I use the AgaMatrix wavesense blood glucose test?
Simply insert the strip apply the blood sample and read the result. The value will be automatically downloaded to a paired device running the AgaMatrix Diabetes Manager App. The unique WaveSense dynamic measuring technology also assures you of high accuracy testing by minimising the effects of many interfering factors in blood glucose monitoring.
Where can I find wavesense in the UK?
In the UK, WaveSense technology can be found only in JAZZ. For JAZZ WIRELESS meter users who register their meter, AgaMatrix offers a Freephone Customer Care Line.
