The FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strip is intended for use in the quantitative measurement of glucose in capillary whole blood from the finger, hand, forearm, upper arm and venous whole blood for the FreeStyle InsuLinx System.

FreeStyle Optium Blood Glucose Test Strips for self-testing your blood glucose. Compatible with FreeStyle Optium Neo, FreeStyle Libre 2 and FreeStyle Libre systems. FreeStyle Optium β Ketone Test Strips for self-testing your blood ketones.

Abbott Diabetes Care FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitoring System Test Strips and Freestyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System Test Strips, for use with FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Test Strips respectively, 100 count, manufactured by Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, CA.

The FreeStyle Freedom Lite meter displays results from 20 mg/dL to 500 mg/dL (1.1 mmol/L to 27.8 mmol/L). If your test result is lower than 20 mg/dL (1.1 mmol/L), LO will appear on the meter display screen. This reading indicates severe hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose).

The strips work with glucose meters to “read” your blood sugar levels. Knowing your blood sugar levels helps you manage your disease. When you regularly check your blood glucose, you'll learn which foods, medications, and activities affect your blood sugar in a good or bad way.

Blood glucose test strips (diabetes test strips) are a key component of blood glucose testing. These small disposable strips of plastic may look insignificant but they provide a very important role in helping people with diabetes to monitor and control their diabetes.

Diabetes test strips are an easy way to test your blood sugar, aka your glucose levels. This is important for people with diabetes. The strips work with glucose meters to “read” your blood sugar levels.

How do diabetes test strips work? When blood is placed onto the test strip, it reacts with a chemical called glucose oxidase producing gluconic acid from the glucose in the blood. At the other end of the test strip, the meter transfers a current to the test strip.

The sensor housing, FreeStyle, Libre, and related brand marks are marks of Abbott.

A diabetes test strip can easily cost more than $2 a strip, something that large companies say is due to the amount of research they have to do for enhancing their product.

You'll see green if your result is in the target range, yellow if it's too high, or red if it's too low. When you first get your Contour Next One blood glucose meter, the target blood glucose range will be 70 to 180 mg/dL.

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