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IMPORTANT
• Talk to your healthcare professional about Alternative Site Testing.
Alternative site testing may be done:
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Immediately before a meal
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Fasting
DO NOT test from an alternative site:
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Two hours or less after eating
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After exercising
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If you are sick
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If you think your blood glucose is low
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If you often don’t notice when your blood glucose is low
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During peak action time of short-acting insulin or rapid-acting insulin analogues
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Up to two hours after injecting a short-acting insulin or a rapid-acting insulin analogue
Do not change your treatment because of just one result.
NEVER ignore symptoms of high or low blood glucose.
If your blood glucose result does not match how you feel, perform a fingertip/palm test
to confirm your result. If the fingertip/palm result still does not match how you feel, call
your healthcare professional.
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