I have the freestyle lite and am able to use sites other than finger tips. Does this system allow you to do this or just the finger for blood sample?
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It doesn't matter where you get the drop of blood from. That's completely up to you. Once you have the drop you just touch the end of the strip into the blood drop. The device counts down then gives you the reading. I'm doing ketone and glucose twice a day and it works great. Just insert the strip (glucose or ketone) in the device (same device does glucose and ketone) then get the blood drop then touch the strip to the drop, wait a few seconds until the countdown stops and gives your reading, then pull that strip out (if you're measuring both glucose and ketones like me) stick the other strip in and touch it to the same blood drop and get the measurement of the other substance. When you insert the strip make sure the unit acknowledges it (it says ketone or glucose depend on which strip you put in the unit). It acknowledges 95% of the time. If it doesn't pull it out and reinsert and it has always acknowledged the second time. I haven't lost a single strip using this method and I've been through way more than a hundred of glucose and ketone strip.
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Hi. Did you find a hand held that is good for picking up urine or liquids from carpet. I'm in search of something. Thanks.
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This product works really well when directions are followed. If you go to the Amazon website, it will tell you step-by-step instructions on how it is used. But for me, when I used it, I urinated in a small cup, just enough to reach the test line on the strip, and wait 10 seconds, remove the strip from the urine sample & place it on an upright surface surface, and it should start registering the readings for THC, Opiates, etc. I hope this helped you!
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No, just lancets. However, if you look around Amazon, some vendors sell a kit (sort of). Some companies sell the One Touch meter, the One Touch Delica devise, a few lancets and maybe 10 test strips. That's how I started with OneTouch. I got everything I needed to get started really inexpensively. Look around Amazon. You may find a good deal also.
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The Freestyle Lite is statistically more accurate. 98.8% compliant to ISO Standard, vs97.5% compliance of the Freedom meter. Consider this, the Lite has a1.2% out of range, the Freedom has2.5% out of specs.
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I used this on my black lab...1 test per kit....hardest part drawing blood, It works much like checking your blood sugar.
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They don't. You need a medium-size drop of blood, drawn up by capillary action (rather than deposited on the strip like on the first One Touch). Any lancet device I've seen except the Delica (comes with the Verio meter) will work fine. I favor the Freestyle lancet device as it's stubby for storage, and easier to use than many, but you probably already have a lancet device that's perfectly adequate.
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I have the same device and they didn't work well. Way too high and a different number on 3 strips with se blood sample. Don't waste your money
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Yes, it does. I got another blood tester. It's TrueResult. I like it better. I don't have to insert a code of strips every time starting new strips because it is code less. Natalya
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We are using it on IE. Copy/Paste http://www.zvetcobiometrics.com/Support/contact_us.php adn there is a contact # for them. I found them to be extremely helpfull when we set outs up. Have a Great Day. Pete
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There may be some slight differences between the two units, but the major differences between the two glucometers are size, font size of readings, and presence of an LED light. The Freedom Lite meter is slightly smaller and slightly more portable (although the size differences between the two meters is NOT significant) than the Freedom Lite meter. The Freestyle Lite has the illuminating LED light to assist in accurately obtaining a blood sample in the middle of the night without waking the entire household (the Freedom Lite does not have the LED light). The readout screen on the Freedom Lite is larger and the glucose readout numbers are larger, which would be beneficial to those patients with diabetes who may have some vision impairment. Both meters use the same Freestyle test strips, which require the smallest blood sample of any meter I am familiar with, which equates with least discomfort obtaining a blood sample and ease of obtaining that sample. Less pain means greater compliance in checking blood sugar levels when necessary to monitor blood sugar levels and better overall glycemic control It's a great product line!!
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It depends on what lancing device you use. My last One Touch meter came without a lancing device. In general, lancets are pretty generic. I personally like the one-touch branded lancets (LifeScan) because the needle protector is like a cup or cap that fits right over the lancing needle, instead of a disk like some of the lancets. (If you order test strips some sellers will give you lancing needles, but they always seem to be the ones with the disks on the needle.) I remove the old lancet and put the new lancet in the device and remove the cap and put it on the old lancet and dispose of it in my sharps container. (I only change twice a week or if I let someone else use my lancing device.) I don't cap the lancet while it's in the device. I don't feel changing it every poke is worth the time and only a couple of times a year does my finger hurt and it's more likely where on the finger I poke it or if I didn't clean my finger enough first, rather than infections on the needle (except if I poke a not-well-cleaned finger and the next one transmits from the dirty finger to an otherwise clean finger and infects it.
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You can use alternate test sites, forearm or palm if you wish. Charge lasts a long time. I charge it about once a month and it's only down about 1/4.
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The meter only reads whole blood collected after you stick yourself with a "Microlet" which draws the blood. Then a test strip is placed in the meter and the end of the strip touches the drop of blood on you finger. The meter tells you when the strip has collected sufficient blood to test. The meter then shows you what your blood glucose level is. Thus, the only pain is felt when the poke yourself with a gadget that shoots the Microlet into your finger. You rarely feel anything and the blood flow stops immediately. The Bayer Contour kit comes with everything you need to take and record a glucose reading. Good luck!
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They will work on any freshly drawn blood source. It is just easer to use finger tips than anywhere else. You can use your arms or legs but you would need to extend the lancet a little more to pierce. Experiment.
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The unit I bought in January 2013 at Walmart was $20, and had 25 strips. I believe, but do not know for sure,that the Amazon unit has 50 test strips. U would recommend the TRUEresult or the Freestyle meters, as they have been far more reliable for me, have wasted fewer strips, and the price is about the same.
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I have used the FreeStyle lite meter since February. I have also used one made by Bayer and another made by Omron. I have found that the latter two ran 10 to 20 points higher than the FreeStyle lite. After talking with my doctor about the discrepancies, he said that the FreeStyle was more accurate and accuracy is highly important. I purchased a second one to keep in my purse since I never know when my sugar is going to take a nosedive. I also found that the test strips were less expensive - and the meter - on Amazon than anywhere else I have looked. The test strips generally run about $20 a box less than my pharmacy. If you order test strips online for the FreeStyle, the color of the box is different - white instead of yellow. My pharmacist said the white box is one the pharmaceutical company sells online, but it is the same as the yellow box. Hope this helps!