How do you use one touch Delica test strips?
Insert a test strip to turn on the meter Remove a test strip from its vial. With clean, dry hands, you may touch the test strip anywhere on its surface. Do Notbend, cut or modify the test strips in any way. Use each test strip immediately after removing it from the vial.
Is one touch Delica discontinued?
The OneTouch® Delica® lancets will be phased out for new OneTouch® Delica® Plus lancets.
How long after you eat should you take your sugar?
How to Measure Your Spikes. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends you check your blood sugar levels right before mealtime with a blood sample from a finger stick. Then do it again 1 to 2 hours after that first bite of food. Keep this up for a week or so.
What is smaller 30 gauge or 33 gauge?
a 33-gauge needle. The 30-gauge needles, which are standard and packaged with the drugs, have an outer diameter of 0.31 mm, while the 33-gauge needles have a diameter of 0.21 mm, a 32% reduction in size, Aderman said.
Which is better OneTouch Delica or Delica plus?
The OneTouch ® Delica ® Plus lancing device has over 50% less vibration in comparison with the OneTouch ® Delica ® lancing device. This makes for smoother, more precise testing.* Testing with the OneTouch ® Delica ® Plus lancing device is also less painful compared to testing with the OneTouch ® Delica ® lancing device.†
What is the OneTouch Delica lancing device used for?
The OneTouch® Delica™ Lancing Device provides a safe, easy way to obtain a drop of capillary blood.
Is the OneTouch Delica plus sterile lancet pain free?
Use a new OneTouch® Delica® Plus sterile lancet with each test to make lancing virtually pain free. 8 out of 10 people with diabetes agreed that testing with the OneTouch ® Delica ® Plus lancing device was less painful compared to other lancers they have used.†
How to remove lancing device from OneTouch?
Holding the lancing device downwards, push the slider forward until the lancet comes out. Push the cap back onto the device. Remove the lancing device cap 1Puncture your finger Hold the lancing device firmly against the side of your finger. Press the release button to puncture.