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glucose testing:
You should consult your healthcare professional before choosing to perform
forearm or palm testing.
When blood glucose levels are changing rapidly such as after a meal, an insulin
dose or exercise, blood from the fingertips may show these changes more
rapidly than blood from other areas.
Fingertips should be used if testing is within 2 hours of a meal, an insulin dose
or exercise and any time you feel glucose levels are changing rapidly.
You should test with the fingertips anytime there is a concern for hypoglycemia
or you suffer from hypoglycemia unawareness.
Please refer to
Fingertip Testing
to insert the lancet and load the lancing device.
1. Screw the clear cap onto the lancing device.
2. Choose a puncture site on the forearm or palm. Select a soft and fleshy area of
the forearm or palm that is clean and dry, away from bone, and free of visible
veins and hair.
Note:
To bring fresh blood to the surface of the puncture site, massage the
puncture site vigorously for a few seconds until you feel it getting warm.
3. Place the lancing device against the puncture site. Press and hold the clear cap
against the puncture site for a few seconds. Press the release button of the
lancing device.
Do not immediately lift the lancing device
from the puncture
site. Continue to hold the lancing device against the puncture site until you can
confirm a sufficient blood sample has formed.
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