LabStyle Dario User Manual - Meter

Control Test Principle 

Chapter 3 - Checking Your Dario™ Glucose Meter

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ChaPTer 3 – CheCkinG Your Dario™ GluCose 

MeTer

This section provides information on checking the accuracy of your meter.

There are two ways of testing the accuracy of your glucose meter.

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Control solution - Confirms that the meter and test strips are performing as 

expected. A drop of control solution is placed on a test strip (using a piece of 

paper). Compare the results on the meter with the values displayed on the test 

strip cartridge.

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Check strip - Confirms that the meter is performing as expected. The reusable 

check strip that is supplied with the Welcome Kit is used to test the meter’s 

performance. 

To ensure that your results are always accurate, you need to check the performance 

of your meter in the following cases:

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If you drop the meter.

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Whenever your result does not match the way you feel.

y

If you have repeated a test, and the blood glucose result is still lower or higher 

than expected.

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When you open a new test strip cartridge.

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Whenever you want to check the performance of a meter and test strip.

ConTrol TesT PrinCiPle 

Dario™ Glucose Control Solution contains a known amount of glucose that reacts 

with chemicals on the Dario™ test strip.

When applying a drop of control solution to the test strip, following the same 

procedure that is used for whole blood, the glucose in the control solution reacts 

with chemicals in the test strip. 

The result displayed on the meter should fall within the expected range printed on 

the test strip container label. Obtaining a single result within the expected range is 

sufficient to verify system performance. A result outside the range printed on the 

Test Strip container label may indicate the system is not performing correctly. 

This control solution is not for use as a cleaning solution.