My first time using the coagucheck was just 6 days after the operation at home. I'm somewhat disabled and I've got a pounding headache, so this isn't the best recipe for concentrating!
This is how it works:
1. Insert strip. It gives you a 3 digit number to confirm. It must be the same number as on the side of the strips packet. You confirm it.
2. Wait around 20 seconds for it to warm up.
3. It beeps and starts counting down from 180 seconds. This is how long you have to draw blood.
4. Prick your finger, squeeze out blood, get it onto the right place on the strip
5. Wait 30 seconds for the result.
Sounds simple? Well in the first few days I wasted 10 strips. The most common mistake was not getting enough blood, the guidelines in the manual were very vague on this. Turns out you need a ladybird sized blob. Second mistake was missing the strip and getting blood everywhere else! The technique I later found is that you should sort of wipe the strip across the finger, picking up the blood.
After a week i was getting a near to 100% success rate, with just the occasional mistake.
This is how it works:
1. Insert strip. It gives you a 3 digit number to confirm. It must be the same number as on the side of the strips packet. You confirm it.
2. Wait around 20 seconds for it to warm up.
3. It beeps and starts counting down from 180 seconds. This is how long you have to draw blood.
4. Prick your finger, squeeze out blood, get it onto the right place on the strip
5. Wait 30 seconds for the result.
Sounds simple? Well in the first few days I wasted 10 strips. The most common mistake was not getting enough blood, the guidelines in the manual were very vague on this. Turns out you need a ladybird sized blob. Second mistake was missing the strip and getting blood everywhere else! The technique I later found is that you should sort of wipe the strip across the finger, picking up the blood.
After a week i was getting a near to 100% success rate, with just the occasional mistake.
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