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Testing Your Blood Glucose
WARNING:
We recommend that you test on your fingers or palm if you are
testing for hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) or if you suffer from
hypoglycemia unawareness.
Important
: To ensure accurate results, wash your
hands and test site (for example, your forearm) with
soap and water. Make sure there is no cream or lotion
on the test site. Thoroughly dry your hands and test
site.
• With the FreeStyle Flash® Meter, you can test your blood glucose on
your forearm, fingers, upper arm, hand, thigh, or calf.
• Testing with the FreeStyle Flash Meter requires a very small sample
size, 0.3 microliters of blood; about the size of pinhead
(
example
: • ).
• Most healthcare professionals recommend testing when blood
glucose values are stable: before meals and before bedtime. However,
when blood glucose is changing, blood from the fingertips or palm
(at the base of the thumb) may show these changes sooner than
blood from other sites.
Times when you may be checking for low blood glucose include:
• When you are feeling symptoms such as weakness, sweating,
nervousness, headache, or confusion.
• When you have delayed a meal after taking insulin.
• When your healthcare professional advises you to do so.
Replace Cap
Replace the cap until it snaps or clicks into place.
Be careful not to touch the exposed needle on
the lancet.
Important
: Use the clear cap on the lancing device for the following test
sites: forearm, upper arm, hand, thigh, and calf.
Use the dark cap for finger tests.
Set the Lancing Level
The FreeStyle Lancing Device offers four
different settings. Move the dial to the desired
setting as shown in the depth indicator window.
To lance your arm we recommend that you start
at Level 2.
Level 1 is the shallowest depth; Level 4 is the deepest.
To lance your finger, we recommend that you start at Level 1.
Cock the Handle
Pull the dark cocking handle out until it clicks.
(You may have already cocked the handle in
step 2; this is okay.)
You are now ready to perform a blood glucose test.
