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Checking your blood glucose monitoring system to make sure it is working properly can be done easily at home with glucose control solution. Control solution can also be handy to practice using your meter without needing to do a finger stick.

Testing using control solution is a similar process to testing a blood sample. However, the properties of the fluids are different, and the test results are used for separate purposes. Control solution for a glucometer has a known amount of glucose set by the manufacturer, whereas the concentration of glucose within human blood can fluctuate, even when measuring the same drop of blood. Therefore, a control solution test can be used to check if your meter and test strips are reading blood sugar levels properly by providing the expected result.

Read on for information on how to get started using control solution: