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CheckoutBetaChek Diabetes Test Instructions
Important!
This test has a timing step that must be followed exactly to ensure a correct result. Read through all the steps BEFORE attempting to test.
When to test:
Test in the morning BEFORE eating. Ensure you have not eaten for at least 12 hours (you may drink water only).
You need:
Clean white tissue. A timer or watch with second hand ready.
Test Procedure:
Wash hands in warm water and dry thoroughly. This removes any traces of glucose from your fingers.
1. Select fingertip test site to obtain
drop of blood. Twist off protective
lancet cap.
WARNING: Do not use if
protective cap has been previously
removed from lancet.
2. Hold the lancet against the fingertip test site and press to release.
3. Gently squeeze your finger until you have a large hanging drop of blood. Get ready to start timing.
4. Place a drop of blood onto the
test pads and IMMEDIATELY START
TIMING!
5. Ensure both test pads are fully covered. Do not smear or dab blood thinly.
6. Wipe the blood off using a folded tissue after exactly 30 seconds.
7. After a further 30 seconds read your result by matching the test zone against the colour chart on the label.
7. If the pink or the blue zone is darker than 6mmol/L1 then your result is in a range where you should see your doctor for a second laboratory based fasting blood glucose test.
About the test:
The test is known as a fasting blood glucose test (FBG). The American Diabetes Association. Expert Committee for the diagnosis of diabetes recommends this type of test.
Fasting stimulates the release of the hormone glucagon, which in turn raises glucose levels. In non-diabetic people, the body will produce insulin to counteract the rise in glucose levels. In diabetics this does not happen, and the tested glucose levels will remain high.
High-risk individuals should test annually & 45+ every three years
Testing should be conducted annually by individuals who are any of the following: obese; have a first-degree relative with diabetes; are members of a high-risk ethnic population (Indian, African, Hispanic, Native American, Aboriginal, Pacific-Islander, Asian); have delivered a baby weighing more than 9 pounds; have had gestational diabetes; have high blood pressure; have HDL cholesterol levels of less than 1mmol/ L and triglyceride levels of more than 2mmol/L; or who, on previous testing had impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. All adults older than 45 years of age should test for diabetes every three years.
