FORA TD-5010B Lancing Device Instruction Manual

Lancing Device
For self-testing
Instruction Manual

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FORA Lancing Device allows you to collect your capillary blood from your fingertip (and alternative sites) easily and virtually pain-free. (a)

Adjustable Tip
Lancet Holder
Cap

Lock

Depth Indicator

Arrow

| Cocking Control
Lock Indicator
Release Button
Ejector
A Clear Cap (For AST use only)
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The Lancing Device offers you 6 depths of skin penetration: The longer the length of the indicator line, the greater the depth of penetration.

WARNING: To reduce the chance of infection:

• Never share a lancet or the lancing device.
• Always use a new, sterile lancet. Lancets are for single use only.
• Avoid getting hand lotion, oils, dirt, or debris in or on the lancets and the lancing device.
• The used lancet may potentially be biohazardous. Discard it according to your local regulations.
• If you experience any serious incident that occurred in relation to the use of this product, please report it to the manufacturer and the competent authority of medical devices in your country.
• A serious incident means any incident that directly or indirectly led, might have led, or might lead to any of the following:
  (a) the death of a patient, user, or other people,
  (b) the temporary or permanent serious deterioration of a patient’s, user’s, or other person’s state of health,
  (c) a serious public health threat.

Setting up the Lancing Device

1. Twist and pull off the cap of the lancing device. (b)

2. Insert a lancet into the lancet holder and push down firmly until it is fully secured. (c)

3. Twist the protective disk off the lancet. (d)

4. Replace and twist the cap to the right to close the lock as shown in the picture until you hear the click. When the lock is properly closed lock indicator is in the extreme right position. (e)

5. Holding the cap selected the depth of penetration by turning the adjustable tip in either direction so that the arrow on the cap points to the desired depth. (f)

6. Pull the cocking control back until it clicks. You will see a color change inside the release button when it is ready. (g)
   Hold your fingers on the body NOT the cap. (*)
   ► If it does not click, the device may have been cocked when the lancet was inserted.
   NOTE: Before collecting a drop of blood:
   • Wash and dry your hands before you start.
   • Select the puncture site at the fingertip.
   • Rub the puncture site for about 20 seconds before penetration.

7. Lancing the finger
   Press the lancing device’s tip firmly against the lower side of your fingertip. Press the release button to prick your finger, then a click indicates that the puncture is complete.
   (h)

8. Remove the device from the puncture site. After penetration, remove the first drop of blood with a clean cotton swab. Gently squeeze the punctured area to obtain another drop of blood. Be careful NOT to smear the blood sample. Apply the blood to the test strip. (i)

9. Remove the lancet by twisting the cap off first. Safely dispose of the used lancet by placing the protective disk on a hard surface, and pushing the exposed tip into the disk.
   (j)

10. Slide the ejector forward to remove the used lancet. Dispose of the lancet according to your local regulations. (k)
    ► For collecting blood samples from sites other than the fingertip, use the clear cap.

Alternative Site Testing (AST)

NOTE: This option is not available for all devices. Refer to the Intended Use in your meter’s Owner’s Manual if you can perform AST with your device.
Testing on sites other than the fingertip is referred to as alternative site testing (AST).
Please read the Alternative Site Testing section in your Owner’s Manual before you perform AST. Substitute the lancing device cap with the clear cap for alternative site testing. Pull the cocking control back until it clicks. When lancing the forearm, upper arm, hand, thigh, or calf, avoid lancing the areas with obvious veins in order to prevent excess bleeding. (l)

Cleaning

• The lancet is disposable and is intended for single use only.
• The lancing device is reusable.
• To clean the lancing device, use mild soap and water to wipe clean the lancing device.
• DO NOT rinse the device underwater.
• Disinfect the cap by placing it in 70% alcohol for 10 minutes and then allow it to air dry.
• Do NOT place the device in a dishwasher or use detergents.

Symbol Information

MedNet EC-REP GmbH
Borkstraβe 10, 48163 Mϋnster,
Germany
**ForaCare Suisse AG**
Neugasse 55, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
www.foracare.ch

References

• ForaCare Suisse AG - Comprehensive Disease Management Solutions

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